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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Americans are just now beginning to understand the level of waste, fraud and abuse being uncovered by the DOGE project.
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Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2025
Moment Luigi Mangione entered court Luigi Mangione just now arriving at the New York Supreme Criminal Court for his first court appearance of the year.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Further, the stock’s smoothing mechanism (150-day moving average) just now is inflecting and turning down.
—Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The next logical stop for information is Cortland, whom Rowan just now remembered is locked in his father’s study and will be desperate to get away from Dead Aunt’s bullying.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
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Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2025
Moment Luigi Mangione entered court Luigi Mangione just now arriving at the New York Supreme Criminal Court for his first court appearance of the year.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Further, the stock’s smoothing mechanism (150-day moving average) just now is inflecting and turning down.
—Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The next logical stop for information is Cortland, whom Rowan just now remembered is locked in his father’s study and will be desperate to get away from Dead Aunt’s bullying.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Just now.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20now. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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