modern
Example Sentences
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The situation underscores a broader truth about modern wealth: For all the breathless rankings and headline valuations, the finances of the superrich are often opaque.
Scott Walker, chief executive of GB Potatoes, said planting and harvesting conditions were favourable this year, but the middle of the season, was "one of the driest in modern memory".
From BBC
There’s “The Witcher”-themed medieval-style brazier fueled by the supernatural force that we know in modern times as a gas line.
From Salon
When the team compared modern annual burn patterns with the historical record revealed by the data, they found that 74% of the western U.S. is currently in a fire deficit.
From Science Daily
There, Erikson teased out the stealthy, almost sinister peculiarities of modern man-made hazards, like radioactivity and toxicity, and their special, traumatic effects.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
