How to Use for the moment in a Sentence

for the moment

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  • While a lot of players aren't on the field for the moment, the score is still on the board.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This men’s team feels like the rare American side built for the moment.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • To wash everything down, for the moment, the restaurant is pouring wine and beer.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Fans who plan ahead, dress for the moment and treat the day as more than the minutes on the clock walk away with something the final score can’t capture.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
  • And for the moment, the octogenarian outlaw is having a hell of a time with the task at hand.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • This result, though—an impotent, scared team that is clearly not ready for the moment—feels like two steps forward and one very large step back.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • But, for the moment, there are no hospital plans in the works, UM told the Herald.
    — Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • That’s a little too farcical for the moment, and the final cut lands more in a place of domineering intrigue.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
  • The Premier League is, for the moment, the quintessential men’s league to dive into.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Unsurprisingly, stagnation in the market has pushed off those plans for the moment.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 15 July 2026
  • Bulgari did not need to manufacture a mythology for the moment; its archive was already fluent in one.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 16 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, guests are reportedly scrambling to pull an array of looks from top designer showrooms to prepare for the moment.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
  • Yet Farage has weathered plenty of previous controversy and for the moment, his party retains its advantage in the polls.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • The Moto Razr Fold is a better deal than the baseline Galaxy Z Fold 8 for the moment.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • But while the college sports calendar remains dormant for the moment, summer basketball practice is in full swing at USC.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Viljami Marjala Some players have a sixth sense for the moment offensively, and those players often outperform the eye test.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • Scenario planning prepares organizations for the moment reality changes.
    — Christine Guzman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Some genuinely are, for a time, the right person for the moment; Washington was, as were Lincoln in 1864, Roosevelt in 1932, and Churchill in 1940.
    — Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026

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