at the moment

phrase

: right now : at the current time
At the moment she is working on a novel.

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Ben Sims continues to battle turf toe; Will Kacmarek is week to week with a lower-body injury; and rookie Seydou Traore and is raw and doesn’t look particularly playable at the moment. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 The smartest plaintiffs' attorneys are doing a good job shopping for judges sympathetic to their cases — and there are more than 30 at the moment with nearly 400 athletes involved. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 For years, travel marketers have competed to be found at the moment a consumer begins dreaming about a trip. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 My job is to give people joy and entertain them and take them away from, frankly, at the moment, some of the misery of life, where they can get lost in the live gig for two hours. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for at the moment

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“At the moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20moment. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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