as in now
at the present time
nowadays it's rare for people to carry cash when they can pay by other methods
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Everybody’s trying to look so beautiful and sexy nowadays.
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Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Magloire, who once dreamed of becoming a professional soccer career and has mixed feelings about the World Cup’s current state, nowadays spends more time thinking about movements on a stage than on a soccer field.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
Zoli’s lofty warehouse space continues Amant’s design sensibility, employing and elevating simple materials like concrete, brick, and wood, which, says Ebers, are visually warm and acoustically beneficial (a boon nowadays when having a conversation in a restaurant can be increasingly challenging).
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Fiorella Valdesolo,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
Everyone nowadays is very scared of talking about things.
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Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Magloire, who once dreamed of becoming a professional soccer career and has mixed feelings about the World Cup’s current state, nowadays spends more time thinking about movements on a stage than on a soccer field.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
Zoli’s lofty warehouse space continues Amant’s design sensibility, employing and elevating simple materials like concrete, brick, and wood, which, says Ebers, are visually warm and acoustically beneficial (a boon nowadays when having a conversation in a restaurant can be increasingly challenging).
—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
Everyone nowadays is very scared of talking about things.
—
Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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Adverb
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The operation now includes livestock, educational programs and a network of volunteers helping sustain the nonprofit's work.
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Labour has teetered on the edge of one for weeks after those disastrous local election results, and only Burnham’s inability to run before now seems to have delayed one.
Adverb
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The kids, entranced by their phones and tablets, don’t meet up anymore to play dress-up dolls, kick a ball around, or even just talk—not with whole virtual worlds and endless distractions at their eager little fingertips.
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In fact, two of those companies don’t even exist anymore.
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Brazil and Morocco are currently tied atop Group C with four points apiece.
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Peekaboo is currently closing its first three licensing deals, two for Spain and one a multi-territory accord.
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