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

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

"Too many people at present find out only too late that they have no rights at the end of a relationship," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

He says foreign-investor interest appears strong at present due to its vast oil-and-gas reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

While the OpenAI funding may be generating the headlines at present, a more important driver of SoftBank’s shares this year has been the huge appreciation of its 90% stake in Arm Holdings.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

But Helen was ill at present: for some weeks she had been removed from my sight to I knew not what room upstairs.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Related Words

• at this time
• now
• right now