here and now
Idioms-
At this moment, as in We must reach a decision here and now . [Early 1800s]
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the here and now . This life, the present, as in We'd better think of the here and now before worrying about future generations . [Early 1900s]
Example Sentences
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“It’s very scary because we were living very peacefully here and now I’m hearing what I could hear in Ukraine.”
These examples stand as warnings from the past, but they should be used as motivators for the here and now.
From BBC
“The fiesta exploded. There is no other way to describe it,” writes Hemingway in Jake’s voice, but here and now, it’s more of a hum slowly reaching its crescendo.
From Salon
Exactly how that history will unfold, and what its long-term consequences will be, are questions we can’t possibly answer here and now.
From Salon
“And then, yeah, I was hyped. That game was crazy. I didn’t really get into baseball until I moved out here and now I watch a lot of the Dodgers games. It was wild.”
From Los Angeles Times
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