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now

[nou] / naʊ /


ADVERB
in the immediate future
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ADVERB
immediately
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"I'm 64 now and I still feel it, I still hear his shoes clicking down the corridors."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Panish replied: “You never once said you were sorry before you came just now after the jury awarded the money against your wife, did you, sir?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Her mother has since died and she is now caring for her 95-year-old father, who recently returned home from hospital.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

For now, investors have something more tangible than AI hype to lean on: profit growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

And now I look even more like she did when she was my age.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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