the present
Example Sentences
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But fast forward more than three decades to the present day and excitement for the return of the World Cup on American soil does not yet appear to have really taken off.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 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
One month of data can’t definitively establish a trend, or answer whether the present cohort of first-time buyers are particularly wealthy, Yun notes.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
All that brilliant Tiger past connected with the present.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
My mind back on the present, I hurried to the front of the wagon.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
