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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Business is never easy, but things are extremely difficult nowadays.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Seeing how safe and comfortable Mango is nowadays warms Carroll's heart.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
View gallery - 8 images Though a growing number of tiny houses nowadays aim to offer full-time residences for families, the Nid focuses on the basics.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
These devices can measure just about everything nowadays, and they’re increasingly being used as a window into our internal health.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Seeing how safe and comfortable Mango is nowadays warms Carroll's heart.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
View gallery - 8 images Though a growing number of tiny houses nowadays aim to offer full-time residences for families, the Nid focuses on the basics.
—New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
These devices can measure just about everything nowadays, and they’re increasingly being used as a window into our internal health.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
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Former Biden National Security Council official Tarun Chhabra now leads its national security policy, while former White House economic aide Elizabeth Kelly serves as head of beneficial deployments.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The subcommittee will gather for a one-day meeting to discuss what’s been accomplished, what is happening now and what still needs to be done.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Given that chain stores rarely, if ever, carry CDs anymore, the reissue of the album’s original cover may not cause as much of an uproar this time.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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That figure is currently just above 50%, extrapolating from available data.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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There are currently about 1,000 daily train services that operate throughout the more than 400-kilometer network.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Nowadays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nowadays. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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