at the time of (something)

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: when (something) happened

It was raining at the time of the accident.

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Police said the television personality crossed a median and struck multiple street signs, but was not injured at the time of the crash. —

Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Beth Kindig and the I/O Fund own shares in NVDA and AMD at the time of writing and may own stocks pictured in the charts. —

Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 All ten people involved in the incident were inside of the car at the time of the shooting, said Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough. —

Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024 Even at the time of the lawsuit, abortions were not covered under Medicaid except in rare circumstances, according to Planned Parenthood. —

Nina Totenberg, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at the time of (something)

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