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time was
Idioms and Phrases
Formerly, in the past, as in Time was, the city streets were perfectly safe at night . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
“The conventional wisdom at the time was to find a person who has access to information, works really hard — not to trust the markets to do their job,” Eugene Fama, a director at Dimensional Fund Advisors and one of several Nobel Prize winners who work at the firm, says in the documentary.
"The conventional wisdom at the time was to find a person who has access to information, works really hard — not to trust the markets to do their job"
At the start of 2020 the average waiting time was six weeks.
A pure popcorn movie would pick fireworks over fleeing to safety, especially when the common wisdom of the time was that sequels were dreck.
The two longtime friends, who frequently pop up at each other’s sold-out arena shows, said they felt the time was right to finally make a major co-headlining appearance together.
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