How to Use at this/that rate in a Sentence

at this/that rate

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Definition of at this/that ratenext
  • And at this rate, that point could come at the end of next week.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • This doesn’t mean all of their income is taxed at that rate.
    — Ashlea Ebeling, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That could prove to be the more compelling contest at this rate.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • How often do you guys hear from James Wan and Leigh Whannell at this rate?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And there’s no way to predict whether this year’s events will continue at this rate.
    — Stefanie Dazio, ajc, 3 May 2023
  • Freeze put that number closer to 85%, but said even at that rate, McLeod is still able to help Auburn’s pass rush in a big way.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • If he got caught speeding at that rate, it could reasonably be expected to end up in the news.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Ajax, at this rate, might not qualify for the Champions League.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Auburn’s tight ends continue to be involved in the passing game and, at this rate, may be the most reliable weapons the team has in the passing game.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • By the end of the century, at this rate, a third or more of the world will not merely experience extreme heat but live in it.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But at this rate, conservatives are rapidly running out of places to eat, drink, and shop.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 14 June 2023
  • But even at that rate, savers are still losing money to inflation.
    — Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Expect more spinoffs, at this rate one for every year in U.S. history.
    — David Katz and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Typically, the service costs $99.99 per year and will renew at that rate.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2024
  • But those grand plans are looking a lot less likely at this rate — unless there’s a dramatic uptick in ticket sales.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Murph’s already working on new music, and at this rate her career is only going to grow.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But at this rate, that could still leave hundreds of millions of Windows 10 PCs unprotected.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But Reinsdorf can’t be too depressed or disgusted if the Sox’s value continues to grow at that rate.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • He’s never delivered at this rate anywhere in his career.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • If that machine continues at that rate there will be, without a question, an incident and an injury.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • Based on forecasts of the economic recovery, Cunningham expects to distribute food at this rate for the next two years.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Being agile and adaptable with a high level of empathy is critical in these times growing at this rate.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • If Biden continues at this rate, then by next June his approval rating on the economy will be 43 or 44 percent, which is still pretty anemic.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • If adoption of EVs continues at this rate, a quarter of new car sales could be electric by the end of 2025 — a year or two ahead of earlier projections, according to Bloomberg.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 13 July 2022
  • Economists have said, time and again, that GDP will not continue to grow at that rate, or above, without more immigrants to bolster the domestic labor force.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The firm estimates that if concert-goers continue spending at this rate, the Eras Tour could generate $4.6 billion in consumer spending in the US alone.
    — Augusta Saraiva, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • Functionally, that’s the equivalent of paying taxes at that rate.
    — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Cultivators would also be taxed at that rate under the revisions.
    — Samantha Hendrickson, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • If Russia continues at this rate, its remaining inventory will dwindle in the next couple of years, and its future options will be constrained as a result.
    — Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In 2009, however, the subprime-mortgage crisis prompted the Fed to buy bonds, essentially creating an implicit guarantee that junk bonds weren’t going to default at that rate again; the Fed wouldn’t allow it.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

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