at this/that rate
idiom
: if things continue to happen in the same way they have been happening
At this rate, the town's farmland will be gone within 20 years.
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The draft seems like the direction at this rate, unless the Saints pull off a trade.
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Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
That said, everything would seem to be on the table at this rate, including Orlando where a group has secured $1 billion in funding.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Hiring 50 lawyers at that rate could add up to roughly $6 million a year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
But at this rate, the region might produce an embarrassingly small contingent of March Madness qualifiers.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
That said, everything would seem to be on the table at this rate, including Orlando where a group has secured $1 billion in funding.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Hiring 50 lawyers at that rate could add up to roughly $6 million a year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
But at this rate, the region might produce an embarrassingly small contingent of March Madness qualifiers.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
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“At this/that rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20this%2Fthat%20rate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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