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 author, a professor of Latin American history at Northwestern University, begins his saga in April 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed on Mexico’s eastern coast, near present-day Veracruz.

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The fall of el-Fasher, in the Darfur region, after an 18-month RSF siege brings together the different layers of the country's conflict – with echoes of its dark past and the brutality of its present-day war.

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Hernández’s androgynous wardrobe and open queerness bring another layer of potential discrimination, but despite the rampant homophobia persistent in present-day Cuba, she doesn’t feel much resistance.

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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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Related Words

• contemporary 
• modern