to this day
idiom
: up to now : even now : continuing until today
To this day, I still don't know what happened.
The belief persists to this day.
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And while Rockefeller’s Standard Oil is to this day described as a monopoly, Gramm and Boudreaux report that Standard’s market share was 88 percent in 1890, but 64 percent by 1911.
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
But that effort exposed workers and nearby residents to radiation, with lingering issues remaining to this day.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Not only did his songs capture the spirit of youth, joy and longing in ways that still inspire millions of fans around the world, his innovative work in the studio transformed the way musicians record even to this day.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
This was the clarion shot from the southern California shores, an indelible Beach Boys classic that packs into its 2 minutes and 29 seconds an announcement of a great sound, the pitching of a great new sport and the promise of a West Coast idyll that persists to this day.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
But that effort exposed workers and nearby residents to radiation, with lingering issues remaining to this day.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Not only did his songs capture the spirit of youth, joy and longing in ways that still inspire millions of fans around the world, his innovative work in the studio transformed the way musicians record even to this day.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
This was the clarion shot from the southern California shores, an indelible Beach Boys classic that packs into its 2 minutes and 29 seconds an announcement of a great sound, the pitching of a great new sport and the promise of a West Coast idyll that persists to this day.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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“To this day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20this%20day. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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