the present
Example Sentences
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Those are the bits that have carried the “Scary Movie” legacy into the present.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
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
Higher interest rates make the debt more expensive and gut the present value of cash that may not arrive until later down the line.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 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
From the Renaissance to the present day, most Western music has tended to be tonal.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
