by that time
Example Sentences
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The musicians who supplanted the East Village folkies were by that time dinosaurs themselves, having been rendered extinct by pop permutations several times over.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Of course, by that time, everyone had moved on.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Court papers don’t specify how Murrin and her then husband came into contact with the accountant — but the man already had a troubled past by that time.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Most of the world will hope that, by that time, this unparalleled threat will have somehow disappeared.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
We corresponded for a few years and then I lost track of her, but by that time I had considerably improved my table etiquette.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
