How to Use by the time in a Sentence

by the time

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• The 2025 silly season was revving hot by the time he was let go.
  — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 9 July 2026
• Yet by the time the car was finished, applications had closed.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 July 2026
• Salle did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.
  — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
• And by the time a crisis occurs, that permission may no longer be obtainable.
  — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Police said that the two women had changed clothes and showered by the time officers arrived.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 30 June 2026
• The city acknowledged the tickets but said they were resolved by the time the sale was recorded months later.
  — Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 July 2026
• But by the time a user clicks, a lot of that persuasion and convincing has already happened.
  — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• The air was already clearing by the time the stadium was evacuated.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
• Earn understanding first, so that by the time a prospect enters a formal evaluation, your firm is already the credible choice.
  — Laiba Tariq, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• As a result, by the time of the American Revolution, both coffee and tea were in reach for many common people.
  — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026
• However, Ellen had still not been found by the time the family returned home to Houston on July 6.
  — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
• Minetree had seen the original Legally Blonde movie 150 times by the time she was cast in the iconic movie's prequel as a teenage Elle.
  — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
• Rarely did the ball get anywhere near France’s goal; by the time Morocco took their first shot, in stoppage time before the end of the first half, France had taken thirteen.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
• Lear had turned 100 by the time the 2022 Primetime Emmys Awards were presented.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 July 2026
• Of course, Microsoft’s browser dominance was crumbling by the time the EU managed to get that implemented.
  — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
• But by the time the bicentennial rolled around, my life had played out against the backdrop of civil unrest and the Vietnam War, both spilling from our black-and-white television almost nightly.
  — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
• Still, that clause could be struck down if Kelce establishes his professional identity in Hollywood as Kelce-Swift by the time of their divorce.
  — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
• But by the time the work was shown at Documenta in 2017, the piece came to include a vast array of watercolors that complemented the images spread across six screens.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
• Delaying major purchases turned out to be a mistake during a period of high inflation, one that produced much higher price tags by the time uncertainty around student loans was mitigated.
  — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
• These accounts are taxed at the long-term capital gains rate, lower than income taxes, so a brokerage account that invests in low- or no-divedend mutual funds could generate more money by the time a child reaches 18.
  — Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 July 2026
• The companies that are setting their data standards, structuring their product information for agent consumption and building transparent recommendation systems today will own the trust layer by the time the rest of the market catches up.
  — Firdosh Tangri, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Last year, the Team UAE Emirates XRG rider had pretty much sewn up overall victory by the time the race left the Pyrenees, just over halfway through the race.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• After the massive celebrations that had taken place in parts of downtown Los Angeles and Orange County following El Tri's recent wins, police were already stationed by the time the game ended.
  — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 1 July 2026
• That conversion and conquest crusade brought disease and defeat to native Californians, whose numbers and ways of life would be all but exterminated by the time the United States of America celebrated its first 100 years.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
• The ballroom is set to be about three times the volume of the White House residence, the Financial Times reported, and it's hoped the work will be completed by the time the next presidential inauguration takes place in January 2029.
  — Adam England, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
• The McGregor of 2013 is slower and bulkier than the McGregor of 2026, and his already suspect gas tank won’t be helped by the time off and the volume of strikes that will be coming his way from the always throwing Holloway.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• Financial planner Michael Reynolds with Indiana's Elevation Financial did the math for Morning Edition and said that, even without any additional investments, that $1,000 would become almost $4,000 by the time a kid turns 18.
  — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 8 July 2026