at one time

Idioms  

1. Simultaneously, at the same time, as in All the boys jumped into the pool at one time . For synonyms, see at once , def. 1; at the same time , def. 1.

2. Formerly, in the past, as in At one time very few houses in town were on the market .

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Example Sentences

The retailer is working to minimize the pricing impacts by moving production, absorbing some of the higher costs along with suppliers and consolidating orders to import more at one time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some 70 percent of the city's children were evacuated at one time or another, either abroad or to the west of Ukraine.

From Barron's

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a record 66,000 people in November 2025 – more than any previous administration had ever held at one time.

From Salon

The agency will also require companies to submit larger studies about the effects of giving several immunizations at one time.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If he’s a coachman, perhaps I’ve tended to his horses at one time or another,” he said uneasily.

From Literature

Related Words

• already
• formerly
• heretofore
• hitherto
• once
• then