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present

[prez-uhnt] / ˈprɛz ənt /








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California requires that a veterinarian to be present or nearby and on call.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

And they merely represent the value of those future liabilities discounted to the present — in other words, the money we’d need to set aside today to meet all those future obligations.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

England cricketers and Saracens players often move in the same circles, and some of the Sarries squad had been present at Lord's.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

There are plaques and memorials everywhere; the war and the Nazi occupation still seem present, even to younger generations who have lived among these memories their whole lives.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The joy, the disbelief, the shock of having lived and having outrun a volcano was still present as if it had been only yesterday.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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