At a time
The regime has used this narrative to justify pouring more than a fifth of its meager national budget into defense at a time when millions of North Koreans go hungry every day, according to the World Food Program. The leadership also uses this David vs. Goliath narrative to explain to North Koreans why they must suffer ever-tightening sanctions that, if enforced, will make their already difficult lives even more onerous.
Mr. Trump’s fiery rhetoric mainly serves to advance Kim Jong-un’s agenda by giving him more reason and justification to build nuclear weapons under the guise of protecting his people.
What does 'at a time' mean here? ( couldn't find help from dictionaries as for the meaning in this context)
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Oh tricky tricky! this one caught me. I was going to go on about how it mean all at once. However I think it will make more sense if you put a comma after 'defense'. All this money is going into defense when there are millions of people going without food. "at a time" is to say "at this very moment" there are a lot of hungry people who could use the support of their government.
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