just now

idiom

1
: a moment ago
I saw him just now.
2
: at this moment
They are just now heading out the door.

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The other is that the stock market has so many reasons to vacillate just now that tariff announcements may not matter very much. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025 The new design started trickling into stylist hands at Fashion Week about a year ago, but a consumer version is just now becoming available to the masses with exactly the same features as the professional edition—just with a slightly shorter cord. Marci Robin, Allure, 5 Mar. 2025 Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman are just now starting a development room for their vampire comedy Eternally Yours, which was commissioned last August, after the duo recently wrapped work on Season 4 of Ghosts. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025 Yes, apparently, the team’s most glaring issue for the last two years — a problem that should have been solved during the 2023 offseason, at the 2024 trade deadline, or this past offseason — has just now become a priority for the Dubs. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for just now

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“Just now.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20now. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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