by the time
idiom
: at the time : when
I had lived in 12 different cities by the time I turned 18.
By the time she showed up, I was finished eating.
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Saturday night’s crowd was almost split between old school Pantera veterans and younger kids, many of whom probably weren’t born by the time the band called it a day in 2003.
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IndyStar reached out to the Avon Police Department for comment but did not receive an answer by the time of publication.
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Solomon says that the wait shouldn’t be too long, as they are set to lock the film by the time that the second film arrives in theaters.
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But by the time the pause was set to expire on Wednesday, the administration had only hashed out preliminary agreements with the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
IndyStar reached out to the Avon Police Department for comment but did not receive an answer by the time of publication.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
Solomon says that the wait shouldn’t be too long, as they are set to lock the film by the time that the second film arrives in theaters.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 July 2025
But by the time the pause was set to expire on Wednesday, the administration had only hashed out preliminary agreements with the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
—Erin Doherty,kevin Breuninger,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 July 2025
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“By the time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20time. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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