nowadays
adverb
now·a·days
ˈnau̇-(ə-)ˌdāz 
: at the present time
People don't wear hats much nowadays.
Examples of nowadays in a Sentence
People don't wear hats much nowadays.
nowadays it's rare for people to carry cash when they can pay by other methods
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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
Globalization and digitalization nowadays mean that everything is connected, from the military aircraft used to bomb Somalia’s Golis Mountains in 2025 to one of the country’s World Cup officials being detained at Miami airport in 2026.
—Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 11 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
And nowadays, the two young men are just about inseparable from their coach and father figure.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
Globalization and digitalization nowadays mean that everything is connected, from the military aircraft used to bomb Somalia’s Golis Mountains in 2025 to one of the country’s World Cup officials being detained at Miami airport in 2026.
—Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 11 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
And nowadays, the two young men are just about inseparable from their coach and father figure.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
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nowadays
adverb
now·a·days
ˈnau̇-(ə-)ˌdāz
: at the present time
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