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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While preachers preached, D’Angelo learned ministry from the choir stand, leading the flock to epiphany one measure at a time.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
With mixer on medium-low speed, gradually add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Almost forty per cent of the population was going days at a time without eating, according to the World Health Organization.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Rull and other senior MIA administrators were raising objections at a time when there was a high-level push in county government to send money to the annual rodeo festival that County Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez hosts each year in his district at Tropical Park.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
With mixer on medium-low speed, gradually add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Almost forty per cent of the population was going days at a time without eating, according to the World Health Organization.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Rull and other senior MIA administrators were raising objections at a time when there was a high-level push in county government to send money to the annual rodeo festival that County Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez hosts each year in his district at Tropical Park.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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“At a time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20time. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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