currently

[kur-uhnt-lee, kuhr-]

adverb

1. at the presenttime; now.

   She is currently working as a lab technician.

Word History and Origins

Origin of currently¹

First recorded in 1570–80; current + -ly

Example Sentences

According to the National Kidney Registry, approximately 90,000 people in the U.S. are currently in need of a kidney transplant, while roughly 6,000 people donate kidneys each year.

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Udoff, the former Valley resident who currently lives in South Florida, said he tried to move back to L.A. a few years ago, but housing was too expensive.

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The rule has traditionally been favored by lawmakers as a means of blocking particularly partisan measures, and is currently being used by Democrats to resist the will of the current 53-seat Republican majority.

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Reddit is currently working to bring machine translation to Bengali and additional languages.

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Investors are less sure about prospects for December’s meeting after the latest Fed announcement, with money markets currently pricing in a 68% chance of another rate reduction then.

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Related Words

• directly 
• presently