current
Usage
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Something that is current is in general circulation or is a matter of common knowledge or acceptance: current usage in English. That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion. That which is prevalent exists or is spread widely: a prevalent idea.
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“The task of the mediators to have the two sides reach some sort of a compromise have become even more difficult in the current circumstances.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The stocks are listed in descending order of their current borrow cost.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Newsom said that current law allows insurers to be paid before victims after a fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Law Commission said the current rules for defining "unfitness" were formulated in 1836, adding they were now outdated, external and did not take modern medical understandings of capacity into account.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Later in the nineteenth century, scientists will discover that a weak electrical current applied to the exposed brain of a laboratory animal will make certain muscles twitch involuntarily and certain senses sharpen or go dead.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Freshwater from melting glaciers in East Greenland's spectacular fjords and its coastal shelf contribute to two major Arctic currents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Taken together, the works here also put us in mind of Ashbery’s poetry—whole sentences that sometimes snake along on various wavelengths, demanding that we give ourselves over to the currents of the poet’s thoughts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
At least three hurricanes have developed in the central and eastern Pacific since July, including Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve, which generated life-threatening waves, strong rip currents and high surf warnings for Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Videos on social media show cars submerged in Geoje as strong currents swept the streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Dallas watched it rise on the air currents over one brown hill and then another, until it disappeared.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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