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Loaded with questions and crimes, the Syrian train transports its people to the present.
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Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
This dataset provides a global, consistent record of surface temperatures from 1950 to the present, at a resolution of roughly 6 miles (9 kilometers).
—Harry Stevens, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Amarnath told Fortune the political rhetoric around reshoring often obscures the reality facing manufacturers operating in the present tense.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Instead of a streamlined storyline aided by a robust throughline of taut tension, the season is a jumble of plot points stretching between the past and the present.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
This dataset provides a global, consistent record of surface temperatures from 1950 to the present, at a resolution of roughly 6 miles (9 kilometers).
—Harry Stevens, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Amarnath told Fortune the political rhetoric around reshoring often obscures the reality facing manufacturers operating in the present tense.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Instead of a streamlined storyline aided by a robust throughline of taut tension, the season is a jumble of plot points stretching between the past and the present.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the present
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“The present.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20present. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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