at a time

idiom

1
: during one particular moment
I can only do one thing at a time.
Please speak one at a time and not all at once.
We carried the boxes two at a time up the stairs.
2
: during one period of time without stopping
She can sit and read for hours at a time.

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Limit Distractions Batch similar tasks and block time in your calendar to focus on them one at a time. Sabine Leveiller, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Still, Rutte insisted NATO could manage more than one conflict at a time. Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025 Students often live together in field camps for up to ten days at a time. Sarah Boon june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025 The wider sweeps are stressing the capacity of the detention system, where detainees have reported moldy food, dirty towels and no changes of clothes for more than a week at a time. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for at a time

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“At a time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20time. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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