of the moment

Idioms

Of importance at this time, as in The issue of the moment is dealing with our budget deficit. This expression gave rise in succeeding decades to the man of the moment, meaning “the most important person at this time,” as in When Alan hit a home run and broke the tie, he was the man of the moment. [c. 1930]

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of the moment

"There were as many as 40 or 45 people... I told them and everyone to run out," he said of the moment the disaster struck.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

One clip of the moment has more than 10 million views on YouTube, and has been endlessly shared across social media.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

I asked Patrick more about the marketing lexicon of the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

There’s one detail in that scene that captures the magnitude of the moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

It just came out of me under the pressure of the moment.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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