IF ONLY Definition & Meaning

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I wish that. For example, If only I had known you were coming I would have met your plane , or If only it would snow on Christmas Eve . [c. a.d. 1000] For a synonym, see would that .

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For MAGA, women being carefree is worse than genocide, so this video is being held out as evidence that Trump destroying the economy is necessary, if only to put these ladies in their place.

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However, Halliwell-Horner is not new to writing; she published a memoir, “If Only,” in 1999, shortly after her departure from the Spice Girls, as well as a series of children’s books, “Ugenia Lavender,” in 2008.

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If only that performer had shown up earlier.

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They will play such a significant and positive a role in the world — if only they are "allowed" to live.

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Maiava still will have to compete through preseason camp, Riley clarified, if only because “there always has to be a competition.”

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