the present

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Together, these insights are shaping a growing subfield known as evolutionary dentistry, using our evolutionary past to understand the dental problems of the present.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Of these plays, only 46 or so have survived into the present.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Higher yields make bonds more competitive and shrink the present value of profits that won’t show up for years—which is exactly the kind of profit growth stocks are priced on.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

His mother speaks of Javed in the present tense.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

“Well, I won’t for the present, anyway, but I’m disgusted, and wish you hadn’t told me.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott