present-day

American  

[prez-uhnt-dey] / ˈprɛz əntˈdeɪ /

adjective

1. current; modern.

   present-day techniques; present-day English.

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present-day British  

noun

1. (modifier) of the modern day; current

   I don't like present-day fashions

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Etymology

Origin of present-day

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

“That tradition was born in present-day Mexico and southern Texas, and it is not Spanish,” said one person on X.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s easier to howl at a classic like “Dr. Strangelove,” which mocked the leaders giddyuping the planet’s destruction, than at a present-day satire where we ourselves are the joke.

From Los Angeles Times

A senior lecturer at Cardiff University, Ms. MacDonald opens with the historical Dido, who seems to have been born in the ninth century B.C. in the city of Tyre, in present-day Lebanon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Woven into the archival findings is the adventure of Ms. Rivera Garza’s present-day research.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• contemporary
• modern