at one time
idiom
: during one period of time in the past
At one time there was only one grocery store in town.
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And the brand shared that the stand mixer is large enough to mix up to five dozen cookies at one time.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Shasta County authorities at the time of the April sightings suspected the wolf mixes, described as a wolf/husky/malamute hybrid, had been owned at one time but had gone feral.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
Most any food branded as a superfood today has roots in an ethnic or indigenous community, and at one time was much less expensive.
—Emiene Wright, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
Brookline man Scott Cunha — the son of ex-IG Glenn Cunha, who at one time as a Suffolk County assistant DA prosecuted cases involving assaults of children — has been charged with production of child pornography.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Shasta County authorities at the time of the April sightings suspected the wolf mixes, described as a wolf/husky/malamute hybrid, had been owned at one time but had gone feral.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
Most any food branded as a superfood today has roots in an ethnic or indigenous community, and at one time was much less expensive.
—Emiene Wright, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
Brookline man Scott Cunha — the son of ex-IG Glenn Cunha, who at one time as a Suffolk County assistant DA prosecuted cases involving assaults of children — has been charged with production of child pornography.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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“At one time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20one%20time. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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