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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At times, Levine said, Newton allegedly took more than one test at a time.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Defense spending and exports could be threatened, analysts say, and conservative ambitions to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration could cause turmoil at a time when the agency is deeply engaged in trying to diagnose and fix systemic problems at Boeing.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Serbian policymakers will decide between resuming monetary easing or holding rates for a second month, at a time when inflation seems safely back in the target range but risks persist from food and energy prices.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
The reader was promised the possibility of sinking into another world, of escaping their problems, the weight of life subsiding for minutes, hours, days at a time.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Defense spending and exports could be threatened, analysts say, and conservative ambitions to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration could cause turmoil at a time when the agency is deeply engaged in trying to diagnose and fix systemic problems at Boeing.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Serbian policymakers will decide between resuming monetary easing or holding rates for a second month, at a time when inflation seems safely back in the target range but risks persist from food and energy prices.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
The reader was promised the possibility of sinking into another world, of escaping their problems, the weight of life subsiding for minutes, hours, days at a time.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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