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Discover LudwigThe phrase "again for once" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be a contradiction, as "again" implies repetition while "for once" suggests something happening only one time.
Example: "I can't believe you actually listened to me again for once."
Alternatives: "once again" or "for a change".
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There's one final application, again for once the carpet has familiarized itself with your gait.
We half forget that we are watching an actor, such are the gusts of fresh pain as he falls, rises to his one good leg, and falls again; for once, Macdonald yields to the temptation of artiness — the camera swirling in kinship with the hallucinating Simpson, and the musical score drifting into electronic fuzz, like an outtake from a very late Beatles session.
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Now he was trying to do it again, although for once lacking the support.
Then again, maybe for once, "no" really means "no" for Deripaska.
There was a future again, and for once I was an alright human being, and the highways lead everywhere.
To forgive Mr. Martins for — once again — squandering his dancers, though, is harder.
Minister Aglukkaq: Thank you, and thank you all for once again for being here.
With apologies for, once again, a rhetorical question.
Tobin, Hsueh, and Karasawa deserve plaudits for once again breaking unusual ground.
Forbes: Thank you very much, Barry, for once again sharing your always stimulating ideas with us.
Forbes: Thanks very much, Bob, for once again sharing your always insightful thinking with us.
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