at the moment

idiom

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

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By every measure, Whitcomb’s life is going good at the moment. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025 But the east coast doesn't have a monopoly on flooding at the moment. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025 By sending Rip off to sleep precisely at the moment America declares its independence, Irving underlines how radically life would be altered by the ensuing Revolution. John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 What’s your temperature on that potential project at the moment? Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 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 14 Oct. 2025.

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