by the time

phrase

: 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.

Examples of by the time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then again, by the time GB was being tested, the latest data were nearly two years old, from 2024. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026

Speed is measured by the time taken from discovery to announcement. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Baltimore City Sheriff's Office The case may not be resolved by the time Tapp-Harper takes over Cogen's job. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Although the nearly 200-year-long campaign was nearly finished by the time that Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus arrived, the Ceretani remained one of the last pockets of resistance. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Rhymes for by the time

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime