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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The angle of the surveillance video does not clearly show the moment of impact. — Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026 Each of these films meets the moment with artistry, authenticity, and vision. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 Whether the photo was staged at Maxim’s or around the pinball machine in a neighborhood bar, Avedon conjured a sense of delight in the moment. — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 Instead, the team fed the moment-by-moment activity of 332 brain regions into CEBRA, a machine-learning tool that compressed the data down to its essential structure while preserving the order of events. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the moment

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“The moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20moment. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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