current
adjective
passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing.
currents
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pluralof current.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In 1886, Charles Martin Hall, a 22-year-old working in the woodshed behind his parents’ home in Oberlin, Ohio, had figured out how to mass produce it inexpensively using electric currents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The author’s own research involves measuring tiny electrical currents flowing through parts of our brain cells called ion channels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Powerful solar events can disturb Earth's magnetic field, potentially generating unwanted electrical currents in infrastructure and affecting systems that depend on reliable satellite signals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
She had to swim segments of the route in the reverse direction, going from south to north, to avoid trying to fight the ocean currents, Breed said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
A yacht knifed through the early morning water in a long, green V. Sea gulls, balsa-light, hovered on invisible currents above the river.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
