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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The funding vehicle for a new courthouse originally was going to be a capital-improvement sales tax that voters approved in 2011, but the project never got underway by the time the tax expired a decade later.
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Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
But with Amazon, by the time a show gets to its third season — and sometimes earlier — Prime Video series switch to weekly releases.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The study found that by the time the pandemic began, that gap had closed—and no differences emerged in the happiness gap between parents of different education levels.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Their next two league contests are on the road at LSU and Missouri, both of which will be in full desperation mode in search of quality wins by the time A&M comes to town.
—Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
But with Amazon, by the time a show gets to its third season — and sometimes earlier — Prime Video series switch to weekly releases.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The study found that by the time the pandemic began, that gap had closed—and no differences emerged in the happiness gap between parents of different education levels.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Their next two league contests are on the road at LSU and Missouri, both of which will be in full desperation mode in search of quality wins by the time A&M comes to town.
—Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for by the time
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