at the time
Example Sentences
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“We didn’t see it at the time, but item by inky item we were turning him into a New York icon,” wrote former Page Six reporter and editor Susan Mulcahy in a 2016 Politico piece.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
This year is set to be a period of realignment, it said at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Former Northwest Airlines co-chairman Al Checchi spent more than $40 million of his money on an unsuccessful gubernatorial primary campaign in 1998, which broke records at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
He had a heart condition but it wasn't diagnosed at the time of his death.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
I didn’t know it at the time, but about an hour later I wasn’t so sure but that I was in Africa—the deepest part of Africa.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
