Once
Once adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: the once child star is now a lawyer in the entertainment industry
Present
Present adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Both words in one sentence
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This is done twice between San and Saturn in My Bride Is a Mermaid (once as kids and once in the present).
Source: Pinky Swear -
Twice in fact; once in the past that failed miserably and killed them both, and once in present time where they ultimately bring down the Count for good.
Source: Series / Mysteriet Pa Greveholm - It gets so ingrained that Krosp once does the correction reflexively without Othar present (before stopping halfway and noticing to his horror what he'd just done).
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Present or Once. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/once/present.
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