at this/that rate
idiom
: if things continue to happen in the same way they have been happening
At this rate, the town's farmland will be gone within 20 years.
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Third-party forecasts such as this are steadily climbing, as many forecasters aren’t used to demand growing at this rate.
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Mark Le Dain, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
None of the other vaccines being tested by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, for instance, has seen rashes at that rate—including other, non-Moderna mRNA HIV vaccines, Jim Kublin, the director of HVTN, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 May 2025
Nola won't throw for at least two weeks and, at this rate, doesn't appear to be on track to return until after the All-Star break.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Watering the plant at this rate encourages it to stretch its roots downward into the soil.
—Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
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Mark Le Dain, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
None of the other vaccines being tested by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, for instance, has seen rashes at that rate—including other, non-Moderna mRNA HIV vaccines, Jim Kublin, the director of HVTN, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 May 2025
Nola won't throw for at least two weeks and, at this rate, doesn't appear to be on track to return until after the All-Star break.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Watering the plant at this rate encourages it to stretch its roots downward into the soil.
—Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
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“At this/that rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20this%2Fthat%20rate. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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