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present

[prez-uhnt] / ˈprɛz ənt /








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For banks with massive balance sheets such as JPMorgan, private-credit firms can present an opportunity to expand the credit box, approving people with lower credit scores or other characteristics that the bank would normally reject.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

She added: "Everyone present was transported 50 years back to the hour and place of our father's death."

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

In this view, fiction should not only reflect present flaws but also depict people and societies worth becoming.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

But in general, the justices said, due process requires the government to provide notice to the individual and an opportunity for the individual to present their case before the deprivation occurs.

From Salon Sep. 22, 2026

My hands, holding on to Karly’s present, feel wooden.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“Sculpting the Senses” presents a passion that goes beyond clothes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

In his view, a selloff in semiconductor stocks presents an opportunity.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

When appointing bishops and archbishops, the Church presents a candidate to the prime minister who then advises the monarch on who to install in the role.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

She knows that’s not the situation for all women; in her signature style, she presents the data and the narrative to back it up.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

In the last season of her life, the Kennedy Center presents operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Mozart, and Jules Massenet.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Zucker, who has played himself before on television but never in a movie, said he was immediately interested in cameoing when director Lance Oppenheim presented the opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

She alleged that details about the HOA’s finances were withheld from her until she was presented with the final paperwork.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

He says it is "harder to be young" now given the economic and employment uncertainty they face coupled with the challenges presented by social media.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

“I Love LA” actress Odessa A’zion presented at the Emmy Awards this month in a 1996 Jean Paul Gaultier suit, landing her on best-dressed lists.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

For more than the next one hundred years, the fate of the Hunley presented archaeologists, scholars, and the public in general with one of their greatest mysteries.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Some Canadian dealerships are presenting the trade battle as a buying opportunity, noting that their current inventory is tariff-free.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Or, as Peter McCormack, one of the experts presenting on the main stage, put it: “For most people, pain is going to be the thing that brings them to Bitcoin.”

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

Strictly Come Dancing has returned to the small screen for its 24th series, in a new era for the show as it moves forward with a revamped presenting line up.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

When I saw “SNL’s” Marcello Hernández would be presenting at the Emmys, I knew it would be a special moment, and he didn’t let me down.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

I started the previous section of this chapter by presenting two alternative views of science, and I have argued that both have merit.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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