at a time
idiom
1
: during one particular moment
I can only do one thing at a time.
Please speak one at a time and not all at once.
We carried the boxes two at a time up the stairs.
2
: during one period of time without stopping
She can sit and read for hours at a time.
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Switching between multiple remote device is painful Only one remote camera can be connected at a time.
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Paul Monckton, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Just go out there and get settled and play my game and take it one day at a time right now.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 9 Mar. 2025
Coco needs to recreate hundreds of old landscapes and portraits of dead presidents, then Holden and his savvy trophy wife Talia (Eva De Dominici) have to slowly sell them two and three at a time to local art dealers to avoid flooding the market and raising eyebrows.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
This comes at a time when at least a dozen of the nation’s most prominent corporations have, with little or no fanfare, chosen to eliminate their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, commonly known as DEI.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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Paul Monckton, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Just go out there and get settled and play my game and take it one day at a time right now.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 9 Mar. 2025
Coco needs to recreate hundreds of old landscapes and portraits of dead presidents, then Holden and his savvy trophy wife Talia (Eva De Dominici) have to slowly sell them two and three at a time to local art dealers to avoid flooding the market and raising eyebrows.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
This comes at a time when at least a dozen of the nation’s most prominent corporations have, with little or no fanfare, chosen to eliminate their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, commonly known as DEI.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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“At a time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20time. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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