present-day

[prez-uhnt-dey]

adjective

1. current; modern.

   present-day techniques; present-day English.

present-day

noun

1. (modifier) of the modern day; current

   I don't like present-day fashions

Word History and Origins

Origin of present-day¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The artifacts found in the new study were discovered along the present-day coastline, providing evidence that people once lived and traveled across these now-submerged landscapes.

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“Recipes From the American South” presents food that has not been modified to assuage present-day dietetic anxieties.

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The parallels to our present-day politics are laughably clear.

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“It just seems really appropriate because it ties in present-day immigrant communities with the longer history of Mexican immigrant communities.”

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If present-day Americans are deemed uniquely vulnerable to political propaganda, it is not as if they have no choice in the matter, unlike the people of North Korea.

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Related Words

• contemporary 
• modern