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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Even if the shipyard had succeeded in building all six of the Prototype Fabrication Assessment modules by now, Bollinger, at that rate, would need around twenty years to finish the first ship.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The Alex Bregman sweepstakes could potentially run into spring training at this rate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
However, notes Portillo, the caverns have never been refilled at this rate over any extended period of time, and there is the possibility that the physical integrity of the caverns suffered during the drawdown period.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
If Crow-Armstrong can get on base at that rate, moving him atop the lineup could be worth it with his elite speed.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The Alex Bregman sweepstakes could potentially run into spring training at this rate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
However, notes Portillo, the caverns have never been refilled at this rate over any extended period of time, and there is the possibility that the physical integrity of the caverns suffered during the drawdown period.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
If Crow-Armstrong can get on base at that rate, moving him atop the lineup could be worth it with his elite speed.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 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 1 Mar. 2025.
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