from the time
idiom
: from (a point in the past) until the present time : since
She had known that she wanted to be President from the time she was seven years old.
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There’s a buzz which is there from the time the first note sounds until the house lights come up at the end of the show.
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Eric Fuller, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
According to the Naval Heritage and History Command, accounts from the time say members of the Tlingit tribe forced the whaling ship to shore and took multiple hostages from the crew, along with demanding a ransom of 200 blankets, prompting the call for help by local officials from the Navy.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
The hoard consists of King Harold II pennies, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, and William the Conqueror coins from the time of the Norman Conquest (1066–1068 AD).
—Karen K. Ho For Artnews, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
And of those who do, days or weeks might pass from the time of their contamination to the time that a pathogen such as E. coli is identified — especially because symptoms might not have started immediately.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Eric Fuller, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
According to the Naval Heritage and History Command, accounts from the time say members of the Tlingit tribe forced the whaling ship to shore and took multiple hostages from the crew, along with demanding a ransom of 200 blankets, prompting the call for help by local officials from the Navy.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
The hoard consists of King Harold II pennies, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, and William the Conqueror coins from the time of the Norman Conquest (1066–1068 AD).
—Karen K. Ho For Artnews, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
And of those who do, days or weeks might pass from the time of their contamination to the time that a pathogen such as E. coli is identified — especially because symptoms might not have started immediately.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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