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Idioms and Phrases

A particular moment, as in At no point in time had they decided to leave the country , or The exact point in time when he died has not been determined . Critics say this usage is wordy since in most cases either point or time will suffice. However, it has survived since the mid-1700s. Also see at this point .

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“If we aren’t building now, from a long run perspective, that says higher prices and higher rents at some point in time in the future,” said Christopher Thornberg, founding partner of consultancy Beacon Economics.

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“Everything that’s in here, at some point in time, I was very happy to have hanging in my room. And I loved it.”

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“Her presence at this point in time is necessary to move forward with the case,” the Shasta County district attorney’s office said when it dropped the charges in July.

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“I just felt that we were tapped out…And we checked three boxes at that point in time, big boxes, so that would have been, like, good enough,” Roberts said.

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There were about 500 deaths last season from the flu by this point in time, and 600 the year before, the Mercury News reported.

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