from the time
idiom
: from (a point in the past) until the present time : since
She had known that she wanted to be President from the time she was seven years old.
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For Lagunas, who still gets nightly flashbacks from the time of the crash, Stein’s signing hits differently.
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Mama tried, as the song famously says, but young Merle acted out by becoming a rather dedicated juvenile delinquent from the time of that death until his early 20s, constantly in and out of jails or other facilities where beatings became a way of life.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
The seven-story, 10,000-square-meter building, projected to cost $50 million, will trace the trajectory of Romania’s Jews from the time of the Bar Kochba Revolt in 135 C.E. to the present day.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Lake sturgeon are the Great Lakes region's largest fish, relatively unchanged from the time of the dinosaurs.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Mama tried, as the song famously says, but young Merle acted out by becoming a rather dedicated juvenile delinquent from the time of that death until his early 20s, constantly in and out of jails or other facilities where beatings became a way of life.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
The seven-story, 10,000-square-meter building, projected to cost $50 million, will trace the trajectory of Romania’s Jews from the time of the Bar Kochba Revolt in 135 C.E. to the present day.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Lake sturgeon are the Great Lakes region's largest fish, relatively unchanged from the time of the dinosaurs.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“From the time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20the%20time. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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