present-day

[ prez-uhnt-dey ]

adjective

1. current; modern:

   present-day techniques; present-day English.

present-day

noun

1. modifier of the modern day; current

   I don't like present-day fashions

Word History and Origins

Origin of present-day¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.

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He spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.

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Founded by German monks in present-day Old Town Stockholm, Zum Franziskaner has become a legend amongst locals and tourists.

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And occasionally a designer would give the model something they had worn, upping her collection into the present day.

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We all agreed that we should film the making of Allegiance as one of the present-day threads.

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A mixed type of the present day Negro, she was slightly tall, and somewhat slender, with a figure straight and graceful.

From Project Gutenberg

More and more now, until the end, he was aware that he stood outside his present-day self, and above it.

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There is nothing like it among us at the present day except within the melancholy precincts of the penitentiary.

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The penny at that time was equal to a shilling of the present day, and would, relatively, purchase as much.

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It is on this account that in the present day many of the Steiner instruments have lost favour.

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Related Words

• contemporary
• modern