In times where vs In times when

Both 'in times where' and 'in times when' are correct, commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to introduce a specific period or situation. The choice between 'where' and 'when' depends on your personal preference or the flow of the sentence.

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In times where

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce a specific period or situation. 'Where' in this context refers to the circumstances or conditions of the times being discussed.

Examples:

In times where resources are scarce, creativity becomes essential.
We must adapt to the challenges in times where uncertainty prevails.

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In most cases, the publication in the national gazette entails additional costs for the companies without providing real added value in times where company registries make their information available online.
In most cases, this publication in the national gazette entails additional costs for the companies without providing real added value in times where company registries make their information available online.
In my country, I have seen how the council of Islamist groups and Christian groups came together, not as a government initiative, but they came together on their own initiative to establish contact and dialogue in times where things were pretty low-key tension.
I mean to the point in time where we left...
The moment in time where the export obligation would actually be fulfilled is irrelevant in that respect.
There are big gaps in time where he just disappears in the network.
I think we're at a point in time where I need to know what your plans are.
This is now flash-forward to the point in time where I've been discharged by the health system.
I'm looking for that point in time where I really can't risk leaving it any longer.
It's a point in time where machines become so smart that they're capable of making even making smarter versions of themselves without our help.
So it was a moment in time where all of these startups had to sit and think and got really excited about what they could be.
I would like to warn that we are extending the scope of this directive at a point in time where we have hardly any experience of how transposal of the current directive has gone.
Depending on which way the price moves, one party pays the other the difference from the time the contract was agreed to the point in time where it ends.
If we lose the tools to effectively treat diseases in animals and humans, we run the risk of going back 100 years in time where only one out of four children survived in Europe.
As long as we get the DeLorean up to 88 miles an hour... ...before we hit the edge of the ravine... ...we'll instantaneously arrive at a point in time where the bridge is completed.
(10) Detailed rules should be introduced for the granting of compensation and its limitation in time where a recovery or management plan is decided on by the Council or emergency measures are decided on by the Commission or by one or more Member States.
Detailed rules should be introduced for the granting of compensation and its limitation in time where a multiannual management plan is decided on by the Council or emergency measures are decided on by the Commission or by one or more Member States.
Detailed rules should be introduced for the granting of compensation and its limitation in time where a multiannual management plan is decided on by the Council or emergency measures are decided on by the Commission.
The payment shall be considered to have been made in time where sufficient documentary evidence is produced to show that the payer ordered the transfer to the bank account indicated on the invoice before expiry of the relevant deadline.
The payment shall be considered to have been made in time where sufficient documentary evidence is produced to show that the paying party ordered the transfer to the bank account indicated on the invoice before expiry of the relevant deadline.

Alternatives:

in times when
during times when
at times when
during periods when
at times where

In times when

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to introduce a specific period or situation. 'When' in this context refers to the time or duration of the times being discussed.