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.
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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
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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
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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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