for the present
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According to the researchers, the work also has important implications for the present.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
I said “Guys, in the flashbacks, obviously I don’t have a ring, but I think I should have a ring for the present time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
It is written both for the present moment and the future judgments of history.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
Most relevant for the present moment, the arrival of more than 100,000 Cubans and around 15,000 Haitians early in the decade overwhelmed coastal border authorities and led to widespread outrage in the country.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2025
Someday, they decided, they would do it all over in hieroglyphics, when they’d found time to finish their hieroglyphic alphabet, but for the present it was just written in English.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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