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 That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion.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.
Example Sentences
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A new source of abundant clean energy could unleash new waves of innovation, while upending current geopolitical assumptions based on energy scarcity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
MarketWatch reviewed an image of Granado-Gomez’s current W-4 data.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
If Charlottesville taught journalists to be wary of amplifying ideology, the current moment demands an understanding that, in an attention economy, amplification itself is the ideology.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
The current Ladysmith Black Mambazo line-up is a mix of long-standing members and newer, younger musicians.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
“Like my parents do. Because fairies don’t exist. And neither does Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, or, most importantly for our current purposes, the Spirit of the Sea.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
