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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Given the vast number of teens who are nowadays encountering mental health issues, tossing specialized labor at the matter is simply not realistic.
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Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Everyone nowadays is very scared of talking about things.
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Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
On a sunny day, there's no better place to be than walking around the cobblestone streets of downtown Thomasville—a small town in southwest Georgia—which has shops and restaurants aplenty and captures a charming town-square feeling that is hard to come by nowadays.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
After all, the event nowadays feels like the clear king of the Cannes jungle.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Everyone nowadays is very scared of talking about things.
—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
On a sunny day, there's no better place to be than walking around the cobblestone streets of downtown Thomasville—a small town in southwest Georgia—which has shops and restaurants aplenty and captures a charming town-square feeling that is hard to come by nowadays.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
After all, the event nowadays feels like the clear king of the Cannes jungle.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for nowadays
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nowadays
adverb
now·a·days
ˈnau̇-(ə-)ˌdāz
: at the present time
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