Definition
At the time (you still had all your teeth): At that period of time in the past (you still had all your teeth)
At the time of writing (the police haven't found the murderer): While I am writing, right now, currently (the police haven't found the murderer yet)
- "At the time of going to press, 200 of these scented billboard adverts are being rolled out across the USA's biggest cities."
- "It was the style at the time."
- "CEO Bruno Delavigne, along with Chief of Research and Development Horatio Oléré, will unveil a philanthropic initiative of great consequence, to be revealed at the time of press conference (6 PM)."
- "Trey : At the time you couldn't get Delavigne products in the States."
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