at the moment

idiom

: right now : at the current time
At the moment she is working on a novel.

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The New York Jets are in a bad way at the moment, currently 0-6 on the young season. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 The stock market is sending mixed signals at the moment, caught in a tangle of overlapping anxieties. David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025 The same also found that Volodymyr Zelensky is widely liked by Americans at the moment. Brian Bennett, Time, 17 Oct. 2025 By contrast, Japanese football is having a grand old time at the moment. Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at the moment

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“At the moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20moment. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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