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at this point
Idioms and Phrases
Also, at this point in time or at this juncture or at this moment . Now, as in At this point in time we don't need a new refrigerator . Even wordier synonyms for “now” than at present , all four phrases imply that what is the case now may not always have been so or may not remain so. For example, At this point she is by far the best athlete on the circuit implies that she may not have been the best in the past or may not be in the future. Similarly, Buying a new car seems prudent at this juncture indicates that this purchase may not have been wise in the past and may not be at some future time. Also see at that point .Example Sentences
Even thinking the phrase “burn it all down” felt disrespectful at this point — to my own memories and those of others, and all the ones we shared together.
At this point, Joanne said she feared she had "six months to a year to survive here" and worried about what would happen to her children.
The trio plans to treat their Coachella set like a normal show but says they are happy to get the opportunity at this point of their career when they are “a little bit older and can appreciate it more.”
"It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day," he said at a recent press conference in Guyana.
She said it was Elizabeth Taylor who, despite having not met Philip at this point, reunited the pair.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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