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 That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion.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.
Example Sentences
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BBC Verify has also obtained evidence that current police officer Tristan Parsons, who was also wrongly accused online of being involved, was not in the country at the time of Nowak's murder.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Batra and team state that “our main message to clients has been to embrace the concentration risks inherent in current market conditions.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Some, including current SEC chief Paul Atkins, long argued for a looser view of what counts as material for investors, warning that extra disclosures deter companies from going public.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Hollander is particularly interested in bringing the message of the work to bear when it comes to the current ecological state of the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 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
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