present-day
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of present-day
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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According to the observations, the white dwarf's present-day magnetic field could sustain a bow shock for only a few hundred years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
The judges said: "An affecting and lush jewel of a novel that moves between our present-day world to a medieval court and unsettles the idea that there's ever one universal historical truth."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
So where is the present-day antisemitism coming from in Germany?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He helped rescue people trapped in the Baldwin Hills dam collapse and helped police track fleeing criminals — just the way present-day news pilots do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
I wondered when my present-day back-home parents would give up on finding me alive.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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