to this day
idiom
: up to now : even now : continuing until today
To this day, I still don't know what happened.
The belief persists to this day.
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In fact, that challenge to American democracy remains ongoing because Donald Trump, unlike Nixon, has refused to this day to respect the constitutional procedures — a free and open election — that ended his presidency.
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Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Some of these individuals, including a junior bookkeeper for the Trump Organization and the head of the company’s accounts payable department, work in Trump Tower to this day.
—Andrea Bernstein, ProPublica, 5 June 2024
Amid all these changes, Bloomsbury has been able to avoid becoming a one-wizard wonder, and its titles crowd bookstore windows to this day.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 30 May 2024
Underscoring the importance of these biblical connections are the holy sites of Esther’s and her cousin Mordecai’s tombs in Hamadan in western Iran—a pilgrimage site for Jews to this day—and that of the Prophet Daniel in Susa in southwestern Iran.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
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Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Some of these individuals, including a junior bookkeeper for the Trump Organization and the head of the company’s accounts payable department, work in Trump Tower to this day.
—Andrea Bernstein, ProPublica, 5 June 2024
Amid all these changes, Bloomsbury has been able to avoid becoming a one-wizard wonder, and its titles crowd bookstore windows to this day.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 30 May 2024
Underscoring the importance of these biblical connections are the holy sites of Esther’s and her cousin Mordecai’s tombs in Hamadan in western Iran—a pilgrimage site for Jews to this day—and that of the Prophet Daniel in Susa in southwestern Iran.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
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“To this day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20this%20day. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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