at one time
Example Sentences
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“It was at one time the Acropolis,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Along with his Unification Church, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon built a political propaganda empire, which had tentacles all over Washington, D.C., at one time.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Maarohanye, who was at one time one of South Africa's most popular musicians, will appear in Germiston Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for an initial hearing, police say.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
As AI models get larger, the need for memory is growing to support longer context windows, or the amount of data being processed at one time, Luria noted.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
The separate languages of the Indo-European family were at one time, perhaps five thousand years ago, maybe much longer, a single language.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
