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 That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion.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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The parish’s sales and use tax revenue more than doubled to $42.9 million for the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Barclays increased its 2027 wafer fab equipment market forecast to $209.5 billion, a 36% expansion from current estimates.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
NHS England has told the clinic it must stop offering new prescriptions to children, and said a number of current and former clinicians had been referred to medical regulators.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
California’s current $30 million plan, the Hearing Aid Coverage for Children program, had just 314 active participants as of April.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
She was sick of being swept along by the current without any say about where she was going or how she got there.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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