at one time
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: during one period of time in the past
At one time there was only one grocery store in town.
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Industry chatter suggests the label may fold into another Sony Music imprint like RCA (which, at one time, housed Jive, J, and Arista).
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Shirley Halperin, VIBE.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Levin said that federal officials told them that the most people detained at the basement facility at one time this year was 68, and that the facility’s capacity is 122 people.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2025
Residential bounce houses can be used by anywhere from two to five children at one time.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Taking too much at one time can disrupt sleep rather than improve it.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
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Shirley Halperin, VIBE.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Levin said that federal officials told them that the most people detained at the basement facility at one time this year was 68, and that the facility’s capacity is 122 people.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2025
Residential bounce houses can be used by anywhere from two to five children at one time.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Taking too much at one time can disrupt sleep rather than improve it.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at one time
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“At one time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20one%20time. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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