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now

[nou] / naʊ /


ADVERB
in the immediate future
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ADVERB
immediately
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Most of them were Sudanese, Somali, Syrian and Eritrean families, whose addresses had been posted on social media and they were now scared to stay in their houses, she said.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

If AI data centers in space are a thing, the terrestrial data center builders will have less business than expected right now.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Right now, a lot of that energy is pointed at SpaceX.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Sea surface temperatures in the central and tropical Pacific have now passed the 0.5C-above-average threshold that US scientists use to define an El Niño event.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

But now that I’m headed down to the basement to meet with Grandma again, it is back, and in full force.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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