modern-day
adjective
mod·ern-day
ˈmä-dərn-ˈdā 
: existing today
problems facing most modern-day families
modern-day China
—often used to indicate that someone or something of the present is similar to someone or something of the pastThe two lovers are a modern-day Romeo and Juliet.
the modern-day equivalent of a town crier
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The sight of Morro Rock has greeted countless visitors to this part of California’s Central Coast for centuries, from the European explorers who came to the area enticed by its calm waters, to the modern-day surfers who ride the swells that break outside the bay.
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Viking chess, or Hnefatafl, is played by placing pieces in the center of a grid game board and other pieces along the sides, compared to modern-day chess where pieces are placed at the end of the board facing one another.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Now, after bidding farewell to Yellowstone — and producing series like Tulsa King and Landman — Sheridan seems eager to return to the ranch with a pair of modern-day spinoffs set to air on Paramount+.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Viking chess, or Hnefatafl, is played by placing pieces in the center of a grid game board and other pieces along the sides, compared to modern-day chess where pieces are placed at the end of the board facing one another.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Now, after bidding farewell to Yellowstone — and producing series like Tulsa King and Landman — Sheridan seems eager to return to the ranch with a pair of modern-day spinoffs set to air on Paramount+.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Modern-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/modern-day. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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