presently
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Other humans, like Mariana Aidar, president of the animal-welfare nonprofit Projeto CAPA—the woman presently holding out the sugarcane to the capybara snacking away on the riverbank—are fighting for their capybara neighbors to survive.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The locomotive hauling the market higher is the surprising resilience of both the economy and the consumer presently on show.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
JPMorgan thinks the DFC cannot offer adequate insurance to all the vessels presently hoping to transit the Strait of Hormuz without a change in legislation from Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
“It’s likely that Berkshire under Greg Abel’s leadership will commit a large portion of today’s outsized cash reserves at materially higher returns than are presently being earned on U.S. Treasuries,” Bloomstran wrote.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
I said to her presently, when she had grown more quiet:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing presently
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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