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Examples of present-day in a Sentence
present-day technology has rendered yesterday's marvels obsolete
the present-day administration in Washington
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If Salles’ film is a reckoning with the sins of the past, Rasoulof’s Sacred Fig is a confrontation with the violence of present-day Iran.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
What does ring true until the final frame of the show and into our present-day lives is that civilization and the civilized rarely occupy the same space.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
The level rose, for example, when Rome organized control over present-day Spain and ramped up silver production in the region.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
How does present-day Kartel compare to the man that went away 13 years ago?
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
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“Present-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present-day. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
present-day
adjective
pres·ent-day
ˈprez-ᵊnt-ˈdā
: being or happening now
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