present-day

adjective

pres·​ent-day ˈpre-zᵊnt-ˈdā How to pronounce present-day (audio)
Synonyms of present-daynext
: now existing or occurring

Examples of present-day in a Sentence

present-day technology has rendered yesterday's marvels obsolete the present-day administration in Washington
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Still, the Spurs have the appetizing youthful prospects and assets, movable contracts, and present-day talent necessary to muster a major trade. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 Alas, there’s an inevitable awkwardness watching present-day actors attempt to do the same. Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025 The strike also enabled the rank-and-file take-over of the UMWA to serve as the model for future union reform efforts, including those used by union workers in our present-day. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025 In recent decades, archeologists have uncovered a major Roman prison complex at Simitthus, in present-day Tunisia—a facility capable of holding more than a thousand prisoners in conditions that were, for the time, reasonably sanitary. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for present-day

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of present-day was in 1887

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“Present-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present-day. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

present-day

adjective
pres·​ent-day
ˈprez-ᵊnt-ˈdā
: being or happening now
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