here and now

Example Sentences

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None of that will ease their pain in the here and now.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

This new human civilization we’re building here and now: “Will it be human, and will be civilized?” he asks.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

If you do that, you can take a longer trip and really enjoy the here and now.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“I feel like we are chasing ghosts. Just a few minutes before ICE was here, and now we have to pick up the pieces.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

But it was evident that Vespucci’s information was quite simply unprecedented: it needed to be addressed here and now.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton