at one time
idiom
: during one period of time in the past
At one time there was only one grocery store in town.
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Don't remove more than half of the plant at one time because taking too much at once can stress the plant.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
At Arrowhead, the rules around the passes are that, barring an emergency, a student may not request more than one pass within a block class and that no more than 40 total students can be out of all classes at one time.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
At most, children might get five or six vaccines at one time.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
This was, in fact, at one time a giant agora, or marketplace for the city, which in its heyday 2,000 years ago would’ve been bustling with traders and citizens.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
At Arrowhead, the rules around the passes are that, barring an emergency, a student may not request more than one pass within a block class and that no more than 40 total students can be out of all classes at one time.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
At most, children might get five or six vaccines at one time.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
This was, in fact, at one time a giant agora, or marketplace for the city, which in its heyday 2,000 years ago would’ve been bustling with traders and citizens.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
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“At one time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20one%20time. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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