current
Usage
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Something that is current is in general circulation or is a matter of common knowledge or acceptance: current usage in English. That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion. That which is prevalent exists or is spread widely: a prevalent idea.
Example Sentences
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Do you think global leaders at Davos will be able to make headway on difficult issues given current political and economic complexities?
All the volunteers will have the current gold-standard tests for Alzheimer's which involve a specialised brain PET scan using a radioactive tracer, or a lumbar puncture to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid.
From BBC
The talks since the loss to Sunderland have centred around what the club can do as a collective to improve their current poor form.
From BBC
The current clinical trial led by Heard and his colleagues is focused on fomepizole, a drug approved to treat poisoning from ethylene glycol and methanol, substances commonly found in antifreeze.
From Science Daily
But eventually the current wave loses its potency, the pendulum swings to the next outsiders, and the vicious circle folds into itself like an Escher painting.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
