the present
Example Sentences
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The singer is already remembering the present before it has ended, the lyric moving backward and forward in time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It is indeed the case that stocks on average perform poorly as interest rates are rising, as the present value of their futures earnings is discounted at higher and higher rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The research also revealed a remarkable connection to the present.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
In my work as a professor of politics and public affairs, I pay close attention to the stories Americans tell about their past and the ways those stories shape civic identity in the present.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
I thought there were excellent materials in him; though for the present they hung together somewhat spoiled and tangled.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
