Is 'One of the Only' Illogical?

"The only" seems to refer to just one thing, so "one of the only" would mean "one of the one," which makes no sense. But although one of the definitions of "only" is "alone in a class or category," another of its definitions is "few." So "one of the only" is another, correct way of saying "one of the few."

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