present-day
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of present-day
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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In some ways, “The Boys” version of present-day America looks more humane than ours.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
But while the earlier work describes a futurist dystopia, “Glyph” takes place in present-day England, where the siblings Petra and Patricia Wild have reconnected after decades of grudging silence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"The present-day relief of Central Asia was largely built by the India-Eurasia collision and ongoing convergence," said co-author Associate Professor Stijn Glorie, from Adelaide University's School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
She also wonders whether even the suburban parks built a few decades ago in more upscale neighborhoods for one kind of demographic — the 9-to-5 workers with nuclear families — meet present-day lifestyle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
They were more like present-day privileged Western students trawling the developing world and writing blogs about how the world’s poorest people enabled them to broaden their horizons.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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