present-day

adjective

pres·​ent-day ˈpre-zᵊnt-ˈdā How to pronounce present-day (audio)
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: now existing or occurring

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present-day technology has rendered yesterday's marvels obsolete the present-day administration in Washington
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In addition to asking whether the benefit should be restricted to rural districts, the agency links E-Rate to present-day concerns over screen time. — Linda Jacobson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 According to a study published today in the journal PLOS One, pottery shards excavated from the famous Etowah mounds in present-day Georgia contain trace residues of the plant. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026 Risam takes readers back to the dawn of data, charting the course of human recordkeeping from Mesopotamian farming to present-day surveillance technology. — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026 According to the University of Southampton, the cliff system stretched across regions corresponding to present-day Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for present-day

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of present-day was in 1887

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“Present-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present-day. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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present-day

adjective
pres·​ent-day
ˈprez-ᵊnt-ˈdā
: being or happening now
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