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present-day

American  
[prez-uhnt-dey] / ˈprɛz əntˈdeɪ /

adjective

  1. current; modern.

    present-day techniques; present-day English.


present-day British  

noun

  1. (modifier) of the modern day; current

    I don't like present-day fashions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of present-day

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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The streamer brought in Koppelman and Levien, and the pair pitched a present-day casino story.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Montgomery was killed and Arnold badly injured, and by the autumn of 1776 the British had recovered all the lost territory and then some, driving the Americans deep into present-day Vermont and New York.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

And it seems to me that the country has a formidable present-day contender, the novelist Anjet Daanje.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

They then compared those samples with genomic databases containing thousands of DNA samples from dozens of present-day human populations.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Yet it couldn’t be that long ago . . . the Dumbledore sitting next to him now was silver-haired, just like the present-day Dumbledore.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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