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Around 1902, the village of Pembroke sprouted near present-day Carver Ranches, and many of the early settlers were from north Florida.
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Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
The Harriet Tubman Effect utilizes the historical strategies of the underground railroad and the Combahee River Raid to inspire their present-day work.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
After the Revolutionary War, the land that forms present-day Wisconsin was part of the United States' first territory.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
The study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology on March 13, reviewed existing literature on Ötzi’s tattoos and drew on present-day experiments replicating ancient tattooing techniques.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the White House on Thursday, a key topic will be a much more present-day worry that binds their relationship – a common concern over China.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
The red dot at generation 0 represents a present-day person in a simulated population of 100,000 people.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
Gretchen Dieck, then a doctoral student at Yale, set out to use postural images taken at Smith College, cross-referenced with present-day self-reports by alumnae, to see whether the presence of spinal curvature in a teen-age girl predicted back pain in later life.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
However, the inter-generational argument of burdening future generations to pay for present-day debt isn’t a straightforward one.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
The Harriet Tubman Effect utilizes the historical strategies of the underground railroad and the Combahee River Raid to inspire their present-day work.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
After the Revolutionary War, the land that forms present-day Wisconsin was part of the United States' first territory.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
The study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology on March 13, reviewed existing literature on Ötzi’s tattoos and drew on present-day experiments replicating ancient tattooing techniques.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the White House on Thursday, a key topic will be a much more present-day worry that binds their relationship – a common concern over China.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
The red dot at generation 0 represents a present-day person in a simulated population of 100,000 people.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
Gretchen Dieck, then a doctoral student at Yale, set out to use postural images taken at Smith College, cross-referenced with present-day self-reports by alumnae, to see whether the presence of spinal curvature in a teen-age girl predicted back pain in later life.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
However, the inter-generational argument of burdening future generations to pay for present-day debt isn’t a straightforward one.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Present-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present-day. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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