in this day and age

idiom

: at the present time in history : nowadays
Computers are essential to getting work done in this day and age.
It's unbelievable that in this day and age people are still dying from hunger.

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Recent Examples on the Web There’s only one way to judge a new Star Wars property in this day and age: Watch it yourself. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 July 2024 Advertisement Of course, in this day and age, social media can bring a whole new context to songs. Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024 Creating a set of dramedy categories would solve exactly nothing, since too many shows in this day and age would be able to justify their eligibility there. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024 But in this day and age, why do certain subsets of well-off parents choose not to vaccinate their children? Epidemics as Entertainment Plagues capture the public imagination in ways that other less terrifying--but more deadly--diseases don't. JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for in this day and age 

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“In this day and age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20this%20day%20and%20age. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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