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of the moment
Idioms and Phrases
Of importance at this time, as in The issue of the moment is dealing with our budget deficit . This expression gave rise in succeeding decades to the man of the moment , meaning “the most important person at this time,” as in When Alan hit a home run and broke the tie, he was the man of the moment . [c. 1930]Example Sentences
Carlstrom has written a book that feels incredibly of the moment, twining together anger and glee, hope and despair, alienation and community.
Le Pen's incredulity can be better excused, perhaps, in the context of the moment.
"At moments like this, when they're under pressure because they've been caught with their hand in the cookie jar or whatever, you know, they will just literally say anything to get out of the moment," Goldberg said.
Emma Rose Gray, co-host of the “Love to See It with Emma and Claire” podcast, which recaps “The Bachelor” and other series, agreed: “The rise of dating shows that feel more of the moment knocked ‘The Bachelor’ off the very comfortable pedestal it occupied for decades.
He tries to shield his children from politics and the unhinged passions of the moment.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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