How to Use at one time in a Sentence

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  • Landlords, a private jet service, and former Twitter executives have all sued the company at one time or another.
    Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Even reformists and rival parties are unsure that outright banning a party that, at one time at least, enjoyed enormous grassroots support would serve the national interest.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Speaking of steak, the grill can cook up to six at one time.
    Erinne Magee, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Yeah—at one time in my life his work was very close to my heart.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 20 June 2024
  • But at one time, the South was just considered the third coast.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Swift, Drake, and the Beatles are the only artists to hold all of the top-five slots at one time.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
  • How many people could go up against me and Meek Mill at one time?
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Riverside press has room for up to four sections to be printed at one time.
    Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • That success broke the record set by Drake for most songs by an artist on the chart at one time and the record for most debuts on the chart, with 27.
    Marcus K. Dowling, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The reception rooms can host up to 150 people at one time.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Plans begin at $9.99 a month with ads, which allows users to stream on up to two devices at one time.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
  • The move saw the most snakes released by the zoo at one time since the conservation program began in 2015, the zoo said.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
  • That’s a new record, as prior to this frame, no one had occupied more than 70% of the region at one time.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Nearly half of the countries in Africa were at one time French colonies or protectorates.
    Elian Peltier, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Just to have three sisters from one family go at one time . . .
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • This was, at one time, widely believed to be MDMA’s year.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The restaurant near the top of the central tower at one time featured a revolving floor.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Mullen, at one time the commanding general of the base, retired in 2020.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
  • More to the point, with this many options available at one time, none of these titles has to be a sensation.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Church was a big part of the community; there were up to 13 churches in Elm Thicket at one time.
    Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
  • But in the second half, Purdue took control, leading by 15 points at one time.
    Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The store at one time stationed a security guard near the entrance.
    Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The shopping center at one time was anchored by Staples and Bed, Bath and Beyond.
    Dustin Wyatt, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In the early months of the pandemic there were, at one time, more than a hundred cargo ships stuck at sea waiting to berth.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • In setting it up, Lauren’s kind of a strategic genius, and always has many chess moves in her mind at one time.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Only one non-resident will be able to serve on the committee at one time.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Smith has learned that at one time, googling wasn’t a verb: other internet search sites existed in the pre-Google era.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 6 July 2023
  • The former arts icon at one time was home to a retail furniture store, according to a 2015 story in The Star.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
  • None of us is proud of feeling jealous, but most of us have experienced a twinge at one time or another.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Instead, the tales of hauntings usually revolve around a friend of Wilde, actress and socialite Lillie Langtry, who at one time also owned the property.
    Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2024

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