the present
Example Sentences
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And they merely represent the value of those future liabilities discounted to the present — in other words, the money we’d need to set aside today to meet all those future obligations.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
One month of data can’t definitively establish a trend, or answer whether the present cohort of first-time buyers are particularly wealthy, Yun notes.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Together, these insights are shaping a growing subfield known as evolutionary dentistry, using our evolutionary past to understand the dental problems of the present.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
A proper autobiography, related from early life in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the present, might have appealed in due time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“Though I’ve no idea what that will mean for you. So let’s move on to the present and future. Cast the second pile of stardust.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
