at the moment

phrase

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

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There was some very cool work on display, but what is your broad take about the state of play in animation at the moment? Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026 Lesnick said the department would move those Arkansans to other plans without any actions required from them at the moment. Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2026 Several songs have been pushed from Confessions II as singles, and all three of them appear on at least one Billboard list at the moment. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Bahaa Qabbani said his brother, Fathi Qabbani, a married father of one son, worked at a shop near the site of the explosion and was passing by the cafe at the moment of the blast. ABC News, 3 July 2026 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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