Learn English – Is either of ‘at the same time as you create …’ / ‘at the same time that you create …’ unacceptable

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The following sentence doesn't sound right to me, but I'm not sure whether it's actually wrong:

If neither approval nor a purchase order is required, you can quickly
create invoices at the same time AS you create records for the
vendors.

It seems to me it should say:

…you can quickly create invoices at the same time THAT you create
records for the vendors.

Best Answer

They're both fine. Both the Ngram Viewer and a general web search show that both uses are popular, with "same time as" having a slight edge. The "as" construct requires some interpolation: "at the same time as [the time]," but that's no hill for a climber.

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