for the present
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The most pressing need the Lakers have is finding a rim-running, shot-blocking young center to put alongside Luka Doncic for the present and future.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025
It is written both for the present moment and the future judgments of history.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
Most relevant for the present moment, the arrival of more than 100,000 Cubans and around 15,000 Haitians early in the decade overwhelmed coastal border authorities and led to widespread outrage in the country.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2025
"When you're told from the beginning there is no future, you live for the present," he added.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024
I meditated wonderingly on this incident; but gradually quitting it, as I found it for the present inexplicable, I turned to the consideration of my master’s manner to myself.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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