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Discover LudwigThe phrase "once used to" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to talk about something that people or things did in the past but no longer do. For example: "People once used to travel by horse."
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What was once used to divide us has become the key of our success: Europe's diversity.
CENTRAL bankers once used to inveigh against wage inflation.
Flowering Time: Mar--Sep Note: Plants aromatic, once used to treat diseases of skin, blood.
The leaves were once used to bind a later (17th century) antiphonal.
Forget that antediluvian locution, once used to describe tidings in train or matters in flux.
The one-ton rolls, once used to print the ads of dot-com ghosts, were stockpiled.
Under the tabletop are several compartments once used to store food — or so Ms. James guessed.
The warehouse, once used to repair submarines, had concrete floors and walls three feet thick.
"Where we are standing once used to be all mangroves," Aggarwal said.
Recently, she started prescribing T.N.S., a lotion once used to facilitate the healing of wounds.
I'm not sure if it's quite the pop share index it once used to be.
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