nowadays
adverb
now·a·days
ˈnau̇-(ə-)ˌdāz 
: at the present time
People don't wear hats much nowadays.
Examples of nowadays in a Sentence
People don't wear hats much nowadays.
nowadays it's rare for people to carry cash when they can pay by other methods
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Parisian soccer is dominated by Paris St.-Germain, nowadays France’s perennial champion.
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
At the end of his column, Oppenheimer writes, The real political division nowadays is between democracy and dictatorship.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
At the end of his column, Oppenheimer writes, The real political division nowadays is between democracy and dictatorship.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
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nowadays
adverb
now·a·days
ˈnau̇-(ə-)ˌdāz
: at the present time
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