contemporary

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Now
carpe diem
contemporaneity
contemporarily
contemporary
current
currently
hereon
hereupon
immediate
in current use
in this day and ageidiom
minute
present
presently
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there's no time like the presentidiom
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present-day | American Dictionary

present-day
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈprez·ənt ˈdeɪ/
modern; of today rather than of earlier times:
The setting is present-day London.

Examples of present-day

present-day
Our present-day encounters with unfamiliar males in the waking life are not predominantly aggressive.
Medieval prisoners were marginalized, but they avoided social liminality (a major present-day risk) largely thanks to their visibility, accessibility, and frequent interaction with free society.
Few politicians conceived of present-day problems more resolutely in terms of their relation to the past.
At the same time, his prejudices - to present-day mores, crude and racial - were openly expressed.
Marked differences in wealth and income within the over-60 years population are not a unique feature of present-day society.
As a result, many present-day archaeologists and conservators of antiquities experience tourism as a blessing for their profession.
The parallels between the debates in forest circles in the 1930s and those of the present-day is striking.
Of particular present-day interest are the day-to-day entries of weather and ice conditions.
They have received land and subsidized loans and their present-day economic situation is far from what it was.
Unfortunately, the legacy of incomplete or inaccurate reports and propaganda excesses regarding the war has affected present-day attitudes towards restitution politics.
This deficit is avoided in the present-day theories.
This will lead to certain averages of these potentials over the g yromotion similar to other present-day theories.
There are also chapters on the geography and flora of the present-day island.
Not only were many of our present-day foods eaten in antiquity but some of our modern processing is modern in technique rather than principle.
Taking into account extralinguistic evidence, data, and theories, historical sociolinguistics must be viewed as an independent discipline, separate from present-day sociolinguistics and traditional historical linguistics.
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