English

Prepositional phrase

at the same time

1. Simultaneously.
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 3

     I bid him come towards me and give me his letter, at the same time throwing down, carelessly, a book I had in my hands.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:

     However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.

   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.

2. On the other hand (introducing an opposing viewpoint).

Synonyms

• (simultaneously): at a time, at one time, collectively, en masse, in a group, jointly, simultaneously, together
• (on the other hand): conversely, on the other hand, then again

Antonyms

• (simultaneously): individually, one at a time, separately
• (on the other hand): additionally, likewise, similarly

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