- at this/that rate
- at this/that rate: 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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this — this1 W1S1 [ðıs] determiner, pron plural these [ði:z] [: Old English; Origin: thes, this] 1.) used to refer to a person, thing, idea etc that has just been mentioned or to something that has just happened ▪ We must make sure this doesn t happen… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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