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now

[nou] / naʊ /


ADVERB
in the immediate future
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ADVERB
immediately
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He was planning another promotion assault and this time had a better squad and would have been backed financially, so why sack him now?

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“The direction of travel is now more uncertain, and the next few days will be critical in determining whether diplomacy can reassert itself or whether the conflict moves into a more sustained escalation cycle.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Her firm now has around 30 people on its books, including 19-year-old Tiene Lama, who says he's able to send several hundred euros each month back to his family in Ivory Coast.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

After U.S. consumer prices rose at their fastest rate in three years in May, traders now await the release of PPI data later on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It is agonizing to be away from her daughter and husband, but this is how it is for now.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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