at no time

idiom

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

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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 Many a dream has come true in the MasterChef Australia kitchen, but at no time was this more obvious than in Thursday night's episode. Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 6 June 2024 However, at no time may a person be prevented from leaving a building. Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023

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“At no time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20no%20time. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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