at this/that rate
idiom
: if things continue to happen in the same way they have been happening
At this rate, the town's farmland will be gone within 20 years.
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The firm arrived at that rate by combining Trump’s duties on autos, energy, steel and aluminum and taking into account the deferrals and exemptions for USMCA-compliant goods.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 15 May 2025
The president’s team has acknowledged that the 145% tariff was not sustainable, as taxes at that rate were effectively an embargo on any trade between the two countries.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
The Mortgage Bankers Association foresees price growth to slow to 1.3 percent year-over-year by the end of 2025 and hold steady at that rate in 2026.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Nearby sits a bullion-like paperweight engraved with TRUMP, in all caps; at this rate of converting subtext into text, the President will soon use his TRUMP paperweight to bash in the head of a bald eagle.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 15 May 2025
The president’s team has acknowledged that the 145% tariff was not sustainable, as taxes at that rate were effectively an embargo on any trade between the two countries.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
The Mortgage Bankers Association foresees price growth to slow to 1.3 percent year-over-year by the end of 2025 and hold steady at that rate in 2026.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Nearby sits a bullion-like paperweight engraved with TRUMP, in all caps; at this rate of converting subtext into text, the President will soon use his TRUMP paperweight to bash in the head of a bald eagle.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
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“At this/that rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20this%2Fthat%20rate. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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