the present
Example Sentences
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A more mature Mastercard faces new challenges in the present day.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Flash forward to the present, and we have a remarkable parallel: A.I. chatbots provide a convincing illusion of consciousness, but we know they are just a sequence of lifeless math calculations.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
Even in semiseclusion, the narrator can’t escape his past—nor the present.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
But Baroness Brown, chair of the CCC's Adaptation Committee, criticised the "woeful" performance of successive governments in tackling the present and future threats facing the UK from climate change.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
That memory is enough to make me crumple, but Harlow giggles, and I snap back to the present.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
