at present

Idioms  

1. Also, at the present time. Now, as in I've not enough cash at present to lend you any, or At present the house is still occupied. This slightly longer way of saying “at this time” formerly was even longer——denoting a more specific time. [Mid-1600s] Also see at this point.

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at present

Bank of America argues that equity markets can withstand more severe bond market shocks than those witnessed so far in 2026 and that volatility may be better guide to risk than Treasury yields at present.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The MoJ said Millsike would employ about 600 people, external, but it is unclear at present how many roles are filled as private prisons, unlike public ones, do not have to publish this data.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The scarcity of extreme first-day pops on IPOs encourages Lamont that speculative euphoria may be absent at present.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

But there are also a number of reasons to wonder if profits at present levels are temporarily inflated by things such as tariff rebates or the delayed depreciation of artificial-intelligence assets like memory chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He was being shown a bird’s-eye view of it at present, a bird’s-eye view from the platform of the Charing-T Tower.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Related Words

• at this time
• now
• right now