at a time

idiom

: during one particular moment

I can only do one thing at a time.

Please speak one at a time and not all at once.

We carried the boxes two at a time up the stairs.

: during one period of time without stopping

She can sit and read for hours at a time.

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This starts an Analyzing dialog, which goes through each photo one at a time. —

PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 Newsom has spent half of his 57 years climbing up the political ladder, one rung at a time. —

Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024 Chinese officials saw neither Trump nor his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, as especially appealing at a time when taking a hard line on China is just about the only issue their two parties can agree on. —

Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024 Brown is courting ticket-splitters at a time when the practice is increasingly rare. —

Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at a time