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.
Examples of at a time in a Sentence
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This could create more misery at a time when there are more people than ever experiencing homelessness in the U.S. and housing prices have increased more than 50% in four years.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 May 2024
Others, called periodical cicadas, stay in the ground for years at a time.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
As of early March, according to the International Rescue Committee, only a dozen of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remained even partially functional—at a time when demand for medical services is off the charts because of the continuing conflict.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
One source of memory and understanding will be the images that Nina Berman has gathered, one five-hundredth of a second at a time.
—Nina Berman, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
While the story takes place at a time of elections, the filmmakers keep that political battle in the background.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 May 2024
Teams, most of which lose money each year under the current model, said that this hurt their ability to prepare for the future, scared investors away and made operations tenuous at a time when NASCAR seemed flush.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 1 May 2024
In cultural terms, Ritchie has resurrected Britain’s James Bond series at a time when the actual franchise has lost its purpose.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024
The two rental agreements represent significant wins for Santana Row at a time when the Bay Area office market has begun to stagger beneath the weight of expanding vacancy rates and slumping rents.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 May 2024
Others, called periodical cicadas, stay in the ground for years at a time.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
As of early March, according to the International Rescue Committee, only a dozen of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remained even partially functional—at a time when demand for medical services is off the charts because of the continuing conflict.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
One source of memory and understanding will be the images that Nina Berman has gathered, one five-hundredth of a second at a time.
—Nina Berman, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
While the story takes place at a time of elections, the filmmakers keep that political battle in the background.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 May 2024
Teams, most of which lose money each year under the current model, said that this hurt their ability to prepare for the future, scared investors away and made operations tenuous at a time when NASCAR seemed flush.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 1 May 2024
In cultural terms, Ritchie has resurrected Britain’s James Bond series at a time when the actual franchise has lost its purpose.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024
The two rental agreements represent significant wins for Santana Row at a time when the Bay Area office market has begun to stagger beneath the weight of expanding vacancy rates and slumping rents.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
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