current
Usage
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Something that is current is in general circulation or is a matter of common knowledge or acceptance: current usage in English. That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion. That which is prevalent exists or is spread widely: a prevalent idea.
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Gavin de Becker, a security consultant for celebrities whose firm originally developed the terminal, has leveled serious accusations against the current operator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"The game is bigger than world current leaders," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The ideas current when John Maynard Keynes was at Cambridge shaped the economic programs he would champion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the current quarter, he expects Apple will “pay even higher memory costs,” though some relief will come from carry-in inventory and lower costs for non-memory components.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He could probably make it, despite the swift current.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
But for locals, the chance of a better life in Europe was worth the risk, even in the perilous currents of the Strait of Gibraltar.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast system of ocean currents that acts like a planetary conveyor belt.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Bunney described jellyfish as weak swimmers or "passive drifters" which rely on ocean currents to carry them.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Officials warned of hazardous conditions — such as high surf and strong rip currents — across much of the Southern California coastline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The assumption is that the convecting fluids in the Earth act somehow like the currents in wires.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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