at no time

idiom

: not ever : never
At no time did the defendant ask for a lawyer.

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After all, what can be done at any time is often done at no time. Gretchen Rubin, CNBC, 11 May 2025 Californians are overall accepting of Gov. Newsom’s policies and the kind of restrictions being targeted by Congressman Kiley, but at no time did the rest of us agree to live and shop this way. Yael Ossowski, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2025 There were times, however, when that status as a national team manager put Gregg and his family in a bright, if unwanted, spotlight — perhaps at no time more than after the 2022 World Cup. Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 In fact, at no time does Defendant-Mangione ask to leave, attempt to leave or try to disengage from the detention. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025 But at no time did anyone think, or even suggest, that King had committed any sort of serious crime. Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024 Yet at no time have biodiversity or climate summits seriously considered the need to scale back human population or consumption. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 But at no time since the fall of the Berlin Wall has anyone in Moscow had reason to believe that Russia faced the possibility of attack by the West. Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022 Routh did not get off a single shot, Secret Service Acting Director Ron Rowe said Monday, and at no time was the former president in the sight line of the suspect. Luke Barr, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024

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“At no time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20no%20time. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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