at the time
Example Sentences
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Coupang told the BBC at the time that it was alerted to a breach involving 4,500 customer accounts in November and immediately reported it to the authorities.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Comey apologized at the time for the Instagram post, denied threatening the president and said he "didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence."
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Eric Romo, SpaceX’s 13th employee and now COO of Impulse Space, previously told MarketWatch that the decision to join the company wasn’t “necessarily obvious,” noting that Musk was at the time best known for PayPal.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
But you couldn’t tell me it didn’t matter at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
It didn’t seem strange to me at the time, what with everything going on, but the chickens knew where they were going.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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