at the moment

English

Prepositional phrase

at the moment

  1. At this moment; right now.
    • 1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 2:
      Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment.
  2. (dated) At that time; then.
    • 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
      'I had the same idea as you,' the Director was saying. 'Wanted to have a look at the savages. Got a permit for New Mexico and went there for my summer holiday. With the girl I was having at the moment. []

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