How to Use once that in a Sentence

once that

conjunction
Definition of once thatnext
  • The smell of the place, once that of old soup, was now the smell of human bodies.
    — Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
  • What is the benefit for the customer once that is solved?
    — Peter High, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The dates for that closure will be announced once that part of the project is scheduled.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Not to mention, lighting up two joints at once that were tossed her way from the crowd.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022
  • And Bassett didn’t stand a chance once that wave started.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Then once that next few minutes have passed the final ring tone sounds.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Details of the agreement will be revealed once that vote has taken place, the union said.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2022
  • And once that stand has been taken, companies should stick to their guns.
    — Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But the mom of five said more than once that the most important thing was that both Caleb and Ladd would fully recover.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Because once that scene wraps, a mysterious shot of a blank screen pops up.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • But once that one went off, everybody was going crazy over here.
    — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
  • And because the wings are not removable, once that happens the swaddle is no longer useful.
    — Samson McDougall, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Alpine’s school board is drafting a policy to look at the books in question, and once that is in place, the books will formally reviewed.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
  • And once that official recognition comes, things can then move a bit more rapidly.
    — CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Someone told me once that LAX has a secret terminal for celebrities.
    — Vulture, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The teams arrived in Mobile on Tuesday afternoon and practiced once that night and twice today.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Also, there is a distant fear that once that structure was in place, other states could lobby for their own units, again expanding the costs.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2022
  • Many conversations start like this, but once that first sentence is out of your mouth, the rest often doesn’t flow as easily.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • Those players aren’t on the 40-man roster, though, and won’t factor into this equation once that camp closes Sunday.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The country’s health service would no longer be at risk of being overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases once that threshold is met, the newspaper said.
    — Viren Vaghela, Bloomberg.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • That’s important because once that photo leaves your phone, it will most likely be viewed as an SDR image.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Presumably, once that charge was spotted, the charter was shut down and the teen was grounded until further notice.
    — Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And once that song started going, then the box office started increasing.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And once that program existed in the world, it could be given away or sold to anyone who had a Mac and an internet connection.
    — Cory Doctorow, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But once that job was complete and Johnson proved incapable of doing anything else, he was replaced.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022
  • The inmates who were provided the drugs will also face charges once that part of the investigation is completed.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • That said, once that problem was solved and properly closed, the air mattress maintained its air level for the rest of our test, providing solid support.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
  • There’s similarly no outside perspective on the court case, once that gets under way.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
  • So painting light-colored vinyl siding a darker color can cause the vinyl to expand and bubble out from the wall, and once that happens, the only way to get a good-looking wall again is to replace the siding.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The most immediate need that people have is to be heard, and once that has happened, the situation often deescalates quickly.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz at Work, 4 Nov. 2020

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