by the moment

prepositional phrase

Very quickly as time passes; progressively.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticVery quickly as time passes; progressively.

    He's getting crazier by the moment.

    2009, Chuck Hughes, The Wedjat, page 215
    2 more examples

    But this war was being thrust on us, and our situation was becoming more dangerous by the moment.

    2002, Ariel Sharon, David Chanoff, Warrior: An Autobiography, page 184

    She clasped her hands in front of her chest. “I'm feeling luckier by the moment.”

    2013, Donna Kauffman, Sugar Rush, page 138
  2. idiomaticFocused on the present moment; in the present.

    They do not live by the moment; they do not make soul and body conform to God's time, which is the present moment.

    1875 November, J. E. M., “Living By the Moment”, in The Advocate of Christian Holiness, volume 6, number 5, page 105
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    I gauged my understanding by comparing the expressions which registered on people's faces with what was occurring by the moment in my own inner reactions to the talk.

    2009, Muhyiddin Shakoor, The Writing On The Water

    Now, in hindsight, I see the far-reaching effects this focus on God had on my life and on the miracles I experienced by the moment.

    2022, Larry Huch, Tiz Huch, Miracles by the Moment, page 227
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APA

by the moment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20the%20moment

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“by the moment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20the%20moment. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “by the moment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20the%20moment.

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