nowadays

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The government isn’t asking the court to disturb Wong Kim Ark’s treatment of children born to lawful permanent residents—who nowadays have green cards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The house I grew up in is usually quiet nowadays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“You know what you’re going to get and it feels good and you love it so you get that weekly dose or, nowadays, a daily dose because it’s everywhere,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

"Prom dresses nowadays are just so expensive, hundreds sometimes thousands of pounds," says Amy, as she runs her fingers across the rail.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

I often go up to Peter’s room after dinner nowadays to breathe in the fresh evening air.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank