presently
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A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed the federal government’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University, finding the college isn’t presently violating civil-rights law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Many same-sex couples provide loving and nurturing homes to their children, whether biological or adopted. And hundreds of thousands of children are presently being raised by such couples.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
They added: "We are hopeful that we can secure helicopter support soon, but they are presently unavailable due to attending fires south of the border in England."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Other humans, like Mariana Aidar, president of the animal-welfare nonprofit Projeto CAPA—the woman presently holding out the sugarcane to the capybara snacking away on the riverbank—are fighting for their capybara neighbors to survive.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Emma was quite relieved, and could presently say, with a little more composure,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing presently
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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