present-day

adjective

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

Examples of present-day in a Sentence

present-day technology has rendered yesterday's marvels obsolete the present-day administration in Washington
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Borchetta launched Big Machine Label Group in 2005, with the label group’s present-day roster including Thomas Rhett, Riley Green, Brett Young, Midland and the Jack Wharff Band. Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 July 2025 About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory: the Lower German Limes, which stretched across the Rhine River in present-day Germany and the Netherlands. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025 Their 1779 maps did not look exactly the same, but both of them showed present-day Main Street between First and 14th streets, according to the Encyclopedia of Louisville. Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2025 The hypothetical scenario described above is based on a 2015 theory that miners in the Carpathian Mountains—in present-day Hungary—first invented the wheel nearly 6,000 years ago as a means to transport copper ore. Kai James, JSTOR Daily, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for present-day

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 13 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

present-day

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