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but now

ADVERB
already
Synonyms
STRONGEST
before earlier once previously then
WEAK
as of now at present before now by now by that time by the time mentioned by then by this time even now formerly heretofore in the past just now now up to now
Antonyms
STRONGEST
later

Example Sentences

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Sarah Paulson was briefly flabbergasted by the word following her around, but now jokes about it and embraces it.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

It started with Blue Owl, but now private-credit funds run by Apollo, BlackRock and KKR have limited withdrawals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

"There's always been an appetite for that kind of content - but now it's incredibly hard to tell who to believe."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Its biggest driver of growth is increasing digitization and cloud usage, but now AI brings a host of new things that require monitoring like autonomous agents.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The glade of dead horses had been north of the stream where it had attacked Fa, but now the bear seemed to be in the west.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver