the moment
noun
: as soon as
The moment the cameras are turned off, he is able to relax.
Everything stops the moment she walks in the room.
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From the moment the ball left Bayindir’s boot, Sanchez had seconds to weigh up his options.
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Mark Critchley, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
At the film’s press conference, the Oscar winner was recalling the moment that she was visited by actor-director and founder of Sundance, Redford, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
The Intel catastrophe evinces the realization that a singular goal of Delaware’s Revlon standard has proven too myopic for the moment.
—Andrew King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
But both further polarized a nation already deeply divided by political ideology and touched off a movement to punish those whose views did not fall in line with the prevailing sentiment of the moment.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
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Mark Critchley, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
At the film’s press conference, the Oscar winner was recalling the moment that she was visited by actor-director and founder of Sundance, Redford, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
The Intel catastrophe evinces the realization that a singular goal of Delaware’s Revlon standard has proven too myopic for the moment.
—Andrew King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
But both further polarized a nation already deeply divided by political ideology and touched off a movement to punish those whose views did not fall in line with the prevailing sentiment of the moment.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the moment
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“The moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20moment. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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