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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America’s modern-day plutocrats, this bracing book contends, enjoy a similar privilege.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
So, after the harshest conditions, the most inopportune circumstances, these prehistoric Europeans evolved to survive to the point of impacting time by passing down these genes that are enabling modern-day Italians to live past 100 years old.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
Like a modern-day business recruiter, Riggs promised the brothers the support of advertisers in the growing business community.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Assuming whatever creature birthed from a spider egg was also a shapeshifter would even allow the show to bring back everyone’s favorite dancing clown in a modern-day context without too much hand-waving.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
So, after the harshest conditions, the most inopportune circumstances, these prehistoric Europeans evolved to survive to the point of impacting time by passing down these genes that are enabling modern-day Italians to live past 100 years old.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
Like a modern-day business recruiter, Riggs promised the brothers the support of advertisers in the growing business community.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Assuming whatever creature birthed from a spider egg was also a shapeshifter would even allow the show to bring back everyone’s favorite dancing clown in a modern-day context without too much hand-waving.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for modern-day
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“Modern-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/modern-day. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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