at the same time

phrase

: nevertheless, yet

… slick and at the same time strangely unprofessional …

—Gerald Weales

Examples of at the same time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Athletic stands there slightly awkwardly, simultaneously trying to see what’s going on while, at the same time, trying not to get in anyone’s way. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

In this case, the superposition allowed each atom to travel along two different paths at the same time. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

There’s two things that this film is holding at the same time. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Getting around interference The biggest technical hurdle in spectrum sharing is interference – what happens when two signals overlap and scramble each other, like two people shouting different things in your ear at the same time. — Aylin Yener, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1679, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for at the same time

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime