present-day
Example Sentences
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As Mr. Preston’s clever plot develops, it becomes clear that Cold War secrets explain the murders and that present-day spymasters—British and Russian—are covering their tracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The streamer brought in Koppelman and Levien, and the pair pitched a present-day casino story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Montgomery was killed and Arnold badly injured, and by the autumn of 1776 the British had recovered all the lost territory and then some, driving the Americans deep into present-day Vermont and New York.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
"Still, it looks like some cynodonts were in fact very similar to present-day mammals."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The subsidiary reason is that the Party member, like the proletarian, tolerates present-day conditions partly because he has no standards of comparison.
From "1984" by George Orwell
