at this/that rate
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: if things continue to happen in the same way they have been happening
At this rate, the town's farmland will be gone within 20 years.
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But no laser is powerful enough to do this at that rate – yet.
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Farhat Beg, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
At the time, Hochul said congestion pricing at that rate would be a hardship on New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet in the post-pandemic economy.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
If the account stays at that rate over the next year, your money would earn only 20 cents.
—Nerdwallet, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2024
Experts are concerned that these eruptions could carry on at this rate for tens or even hundreds of years.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Farhat Beg, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
At the time, Hochul said congestion pricing at that rate would be a hardship on New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet in the post-pandemic economy.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
If the account stays at that rate over the next year, your money would earn only 20 cents.
—Nerdwallet, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2024
Experts are concerned that these eruptions could carry on at this rate for tens or even hundreds of years.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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“At this/that rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20this%2Fthat%20rate. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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