Sentence examples for in one stroke from inspiring English sources

"in one stroke" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to a single decisive action, usually one which has a great impact. For example, "She solved the arithmetic problem in one stroke."

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In one stroke.

If something happens in one stroke, it happens immediately.(In a stroke, at a stroke and at one stroke are also used).

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in one stroke

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Hollande has, in one stroke (the speech he gave on Monday) tried to neutralise a lot of the hostility surrounding him.

In one stroke, participation would go up".

"In one stroke, G.E. eased through a lot of hurdles.

In one stroke, Smith sliced through a diseased plant.

In one stroke the family is torn apart.

That all changed almost in one stroke in August.

In one stroke, Ms. Norton yanked more than 250 million acres off the table.

With centralised validity challenges, EU wide protection could be lost in one stroke.

Allowing Sirius and XM to merge would eliminate this problem in one stroke.

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Thus in one stroke whitewashing the actions of the commodity exchanges themselves and bringing joy to oil producers who want us to believe nothing less.

Maybe that will, in one stroke of a pen, effectively shoot the fox of the likes of Le Pen.

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