at this/that rate
idiom
: if things continue to happen in the same way they have been happening
At this rate, the town's farmland will be gone within 20 years.
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Shots aren’t always going to go in at this rate for the Heat.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
Durant, at this rate, seems realistic while the buzz around the Suns’ 28-year-old shooting guard will only grow louder amidst the chaos.
—Evan Sidery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Even if the shipyard had succeeded in building all six of the Prototype Fabrication Assessment modules by now, Bollinger, at that rate, would need around twenty years to finish the first ship.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The Alex Bregman sweepstakes could potentially run into spring training at this rate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
Durant, at this rate, seems realistic while the buzz around the Suns’ 28-year-old shooting guard will only grow louder amidst the chaos.
—Evan Sidery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Even if the shipyard had succeeded in building all six of the Prototype Fabrication Assessment modules by now, Bollinger, at that rate, would need around twenty years to finish the first ship.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The Alex Bregman sweepstakes could potentially run into spring training at this rate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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“At this/that rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20this%2Fthat%20rate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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