at the moment

idiom

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

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The Chiefs have no real ground game at the moment, which isn’t ideal when starting a third-string quarterback. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025 Nasta is the family’s sole breadwinner at the moment as Punjwani practically lives at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford with Jayaan. Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025 The Heat needs its max player to produce on both ends of the court, but Adebayo is really struggling on the offensive end at the moment. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Dec. 2025 And at the moment, Vonn’s comeback to ski racing is on the trajectory toward a storybook ending that even Hollywood would deem too farfetched to believe. Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Dec. 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 29 Dec. 2025.

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