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as in modern
being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles
present-day technology has rendered yesterday's marvels obsolete
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as in current
existing or in progress right now
the present-day administration in Washington
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Recent Examples of present-day
The teaser even includes ghost Jackie (played by Ella Purnell) coming back to haunt present-day Shauna.
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
In the new teaser, footage of the legendary British band over the years is interspersed with present-day interviews, old home movies, and live concerts.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
And Kurzel recalls how as the events of January 6 unfolded, a chilling present-day parallel emerged.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Most of the proceedings take place in the five boroughs of present-day New York City, but our protagonist, Layla, hails from Poughkeepsie.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
In the new teaser, footage of the legendary British band over the years is interspersed with present-day interviews, old home movies, and live concerts.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
And Kurzel recalls how as the events of January 6 unfolded, a chilling present-day parallel emerged.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Most of the proceedings take place in the five boroughs of present-day New York City, but our protagonist, Layla, hails from Poughkeepsie.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for present-day
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But all your papers require context, Gabriel, even the modern ones.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Seven years later, Field’s hired Arthur Fraser, the father of modern window trimming.Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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The current contract between GE Appliances and Local 83761 expires at 11:59 p.m., Dec. 31.Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2024
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At this point, only action at an unprecedented pace and scale can prevent the world from warming by a disastrous 2 degrees Celsius, and, under current policies, the temperature increase could easily exceed 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century.Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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This treaty shares many of the mechanisms present in the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which eventually led to the phasing out of CFCs, the chemicals responsible for ozone depletion.Susan Solomon, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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With fans begging for the Ngannou vs. Jones bout, Davis speaks on what imaginary hurdles are present that are keeping this fight from occurring.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Any new import levies are on a collision course with stubbornly flat industrial production — a crucial driver of domestic and international volume from sectors that include mining, manufacturing, chemicals and electricity — and lingering overcapacity from the COVID shipping boom, experts said.Lisa Baertlein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The clean-tech momentum that had begun to build in the U.S. as President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act went into effect will certainly be damped, though blue states from Washington to Massachusetts have announced big new initiatives in the days since the November vote.Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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The ongoing media layoffs have left more TV executives out of a job and pondering a transition to producing.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Tierney said that the investigation was ongoing and had expanded beyond just Gilgo Beach.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Present-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/present-day. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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