very moment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofveryandmoment
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very
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈver.i/us/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact ...
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moment
noun
uk/ˈməʊ.mənt/us/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofveryandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvery moment
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What makes me one person at thisverymoment?
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More than this, it was strikingly similar to some of the plans being drawn up at thatverymomentby coiffeurs themselves.
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Ironically, the inception of modernism - theverymomentwhere man (or woman) invented himself (herself) - simultaneously launched new and more subtle "enlightened" mechanisms of control.
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Up until theverymomentwhen the light flashed on for his first broadcast, he was thinking only of the long or short 'a'!
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But new alliances form at theverymomentwhen all seems lost.
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And in thatverymoment, he ' grew still, listening ' (1960 : 155).
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At theverymomentwhen an increase of supervision by landlords was needed they simultaneously faced the loss of their internal control of the contract.
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In my opinion, thinking loses its value at theverymomentit submits to a master.
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Only very rarely does a human utterance describe what the speaker is perceiving at theverymomentof the utterance.
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Some bits encode meaningful information to be used later, other bits represent actions that are relevant at theverymoment.
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At thatverymomentyou do not receive sensory input from the object.
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In short, at theverymomentwhen material facts seem most conclusive, they can fuzz and fade.
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We have been able to see ourselves as saviors at theverymomentwe have been isolationists.
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At theverymomentof dislocation, the (a) bridging knowledge of an imagined and, at the same time, immanent community is essential to their sense of belonging.
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This implies that the "impacts" of technology do not necessarily happen "afterwards"; many are present at theverymomenta particular device or system is conceived (2).
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To gain immediate access to the real, we rely on particular forms of mediation - forms which must seem to erase themselves in theverymomentof their mediating activity.
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Token thoughts that target other thoughts may be possible (in humans) only in virtue of the presence, at thatverymoment, of inner speech and rehearsal.
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Einstein had decided to voice his skepticism about the continuum at theverymomentwhen he was presenting the last version of his final unified field theory.
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Supplies are being planned and deliveries organised at thisverymoment.
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At thisverymomentwe are seeing the effectiveness of the monitoring and convergence procedures within the context of economic and monetary union.
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