How to Use at this/that rate in a Sentence

at this/that rate

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  • And at this rate, that point could come at the end of next week.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • That could prove to be the more compelling contest at this rate.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But no laser is powerful enough to do this at that rate – yet.
    Farhat Beg, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Shots aren’t always going to go in at this rate for the Heat.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
  • And there’s no way to predict whether this year’s events will continue at this rate.
    Stefanie Dazio, ajc, 3 May 2023
  • But even at that rate, savers are still losing money to inflation.
    Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The draft seems like the direction at this rate, unless the Saints pull off a trade.
    Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • If the account stays at that rate over the next year, your money would earn only 20 cents.
    Nerdwallet, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Hiring 50 lawyers at that rate could add up to roughly $6 million a year.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • If he got caught speeding at that rate, it could reasonably be expected to end up in the news.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Jameis Winston could even get traded before the end of training camp at this rate.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
  • Experts are concerned that these eruptions could carry on at this rate for tens or even hundreds of years.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • But at this rate, conservatives are rapidly running out of places to eat, drink, and shop.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 14 June 2023
  • Watering the plant at this rate encourages it to stretch its roots downward into the soil.
    Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
  • Murph’s already working on new music, and at this rate her career is only going to grow.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But those grand plans are looking a lot less likely at this rate — unless there’s a dramatic uptick in ticket sales.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Third-party forecasts such as this are steadily climbing as many aren’t used to a demand source growing at this rate.
    Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Ajax, at this rate, might not qualify for the Champions League.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • If Crow-Armstrong can get on base at that rate, moving him atop the lineup could be worth it with his elite speed.
    Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Bregman, who is making $40 million this year and signed for two more years at that rate, will likely opt out of his deal.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • By the end of the century, at this rate, a third or more of the world will not merely experience extreme heat but live in it.
    Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • If that machine continues at that rate there will be, without a question, an incident and an injury.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • Continue to score at this rate, combine it with those clean sheets and the winning formula will propel them up the table.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Auburn’s tight ends continue to be involved in the passing game and, at this rate, may be the most reliable weapons the team has in the passing game.
    Tom Green | [email protected], al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Being agile and adaptable with a high level of empathy is critical in these times growing at this rate.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Today, just six economies are growing at that rate, and most of those are in small countries such as Côte d’Ivoire and Laos.
    Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
  • But Reinsdorf can’t be too depressed or disgusted if the Sox’s value continues to grow at that rate.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • No one gets rich at that rate, just above New York’s minimum wage; but at least these hard workers can be assured a bare minimum.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Freeze put that number closer to 85%, but said even at that rate, McLeod is still able to help Auburn’s pass rush in a big way.
    Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • If the Postal Service continues at this rate, in 2034, stamps could cost upward of a dollar.
    Julia Roeder, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024

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