now that

Idioms  

1. Seeing that, since, as in Now that you're here, you might as well stay for dinner. This usage was first recorded in 1530. For a synonym, see as long as.

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now that

We asked real-estate agents what they are saying now that they weren’t saying five years ago about how to sell a home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Rita called one of the chief investigators, Bobby Bowen, a sheriff’s lieutenant, and urged him to speak with Roebuck, who was able to talk now that a tube had been removed from his mouth.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

I can tell you now that, whoever you are playing, if you get beaten - and especially beaten heavily like Coventry were by Brighton on Sunday - then it resonates with you.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But Champagne is convinced that those problems are now in the past and officials in his government "understand now that speed and skill are what's needed to seize this golden opportunity."

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

The fluster that I felt back in the station has developed into irritation here on the train, now that I can’t so easily walk away.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse