the moment
noun
: as soon as
The moment the cameras are turned off, he is able to relax.
Everything stops the moment she walks in the room.
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Hailie Mace, who picked up an assist on Cooper’s first-half goal, described the moment postgame.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Plenty of thought clearly also went into creating the right ambience from the moment the team bus pulls up behind the West Stand judging by the different lighting and imagery used to shift the mood as the players pass through the bowels of the arena.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Video footage verified by CNN shows the moment an officer draws his baton amid a struggle with one demonstrator as other officers tussle with protesters on the ground.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
And scores of the world’s top auteurs came to compete with strong new titles — many of them instant Oscar contenders the moment the customary standing ovations wound down each night inside Venice’s Sala Grande cinema.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Plenty of thought clearly also went into creating the right ambience from the moment the team bus pulls up behind the West Stand judging by the different lighting and imagery used to shift the mood as the players pass through the bowels of the arena.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Video footage verified by CNN shows the moment an officer draws his baton amid a struggle with one demonstrator as other officers tussle with protesters on the ground.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
And scores of the world’s top auteurs came to compete with strong new titles — many of them instant Oscar contenders the moment the customary standing ovations wound down each night inside Venice’s Sala Grande cinema.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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“The moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20moment. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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