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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The two-year program can comfortably house eight women at a time.
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Carin Schoppmeyer, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
The islands that split traffic going in and out of the roundabout mean pedestrians have fewer lanes to cross at a time because the crosswalks cross those islands.
—Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Players can only choose one at a time, and dying will send them back to the Crossroads to regroup and try again.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Kennedy and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for much of their overlapping tenures represented the ideological center of the court at a time when the institution became increasingly conservative.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
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Carin Schoppmeyer, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
The islands that split traffic going in and out of the roundabout mean pedestrians have fewer lanes to cross at a time because the crosswalks cross those islands.
—Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Players can only choose one at a time, and dying will send them back to the Crossroads to regroup and try again.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Kennedy and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for much of their overlapping tenures represented the ideological center of the court at a time when the institution became increasingly conservative.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
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“At a time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20time. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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