at this point in time
As things stand
At this point in time is a wordy way of saying now or currently.
It appears frequently in formal speech, legal contexts, and bureaucratic language, where speakers seem to prefer longer phrases to shorter ones.
Critics often cite it as an example of unnecessary verbosity—at this point or at this time would do the job with fewer words, and now would do it with one.
Still, the phrase persists, perhaps because its extra syllables lend a sense of gravity or precision to otherwise simple statements.
- currentlyAt this moment
- nowThe present moment
- presentlyAt the current time
- here and nowThe current moment
- at the momentIn the present
as of now · right now · as we speak · temporality · fleeting moments · passage of time · time perception · legalese · at present · as it stands · for the time being · meanwhile · going forward · in this day and age · verbose · contemporaneous · jargon · presentism
- clichescliche, platitude, bromide, tired phrase, worn phrase
at this point in timeback then
At that past time
in the past · in the future · then · later · previously
at this point in timealways
At all times
eternally · never · indefinitely · for all time · whenever
point, pointing, pointed, points, pointer, pointers, pointy, pointless, pointedly