at this/that rate
idiom
: if things continue to happen in the same way they have been happening
At this rate, the town's farmland will be gone within 20 years.
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Hiring 50 lawyers at that rate could add up to roughly $6 million a year.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
But at this rate, the region might produce an embarrassingly small contingent of March Madness qualifiers.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Continue to score at this rate, combine it with those clean sheets and the winning formula will propel them up the table.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
If earnings increase at this rate, the P/E ratio would typically shrink to about a fifth of its current level—assuming no change in stock price.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
But at this rate, the region might produce an embarrassingly small contingent of March Madness qualifiers.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Continue to score at this rate, combine it with those clean sheets and the winning formula will propel them up the table.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
If earnings increase at this rate, the P/E ratio would typically shrink to about a fifth of its current level—assuming no change in stock price.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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“At this/that rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20this%2Fthat%20rate. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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