at that
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In addition, besides, as in The seats were good, and quite cheap at that . [First half of 1800s]
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In spite of, nevertheless, as in Although I had to wait a long time for delivery, it was worth it at that . [Mid-1800s]
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As it stands, without further changes, as in She wasn't happy with her grade in the course but decided to leave it at that . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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At that time, the $4.7 billion deal was one of the largest takeovers of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm.
Stoecker has previously said how she did know what skeleton was at that point, but she was "at that age where you're not sure about things, and I wanted to test some other stuff out".
From BBC
It’s more, when you look into a horizon and you’re like, ‘Oh, that looks interesting. I wonder what that’s gonna be?’ versus, ‘I’m gonna do that and I’m gonna be good at that.’
From Los Angeles Times
The group was found to have looked at that data, along with the saving rates and salary increases of its lowest paid workers, and assessed them against its customers.
From BBC
At that stage, World Curling needed to act.
From BBC
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