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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In 2009, however, the subprime-mortgage crisis prompted the Fed to buy bonds, essentially creating an implicit guarantee that junk bonds weren’t going to default at that rate again; the Fed wouldn’t allow it. —Michael Foster, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

Cultivators would also be taxed at that rate under the revisions. —Samantha Hendrickson, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023

But even at that rate, savers are still losing money to inflation. —Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024

If Russia continues at this rate, its remaining inventory will dwindle in the next couple of years, and its future options will be constrained as a result. —Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024

That could prove to be the more compelling contest at this rate. —Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024

Mahomes likely would have fooled anyone, at this rate. —Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024

And at this rate, that point could come at the end of next week. —Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024

But those grand plans are looking a lot less likely at this rate — unless there’s a dramatic uptick in ticket sales. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2024