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The future may be brighter, but the present is still a bit murky.
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The Lindt Museum Tour, discounted with the Swiss Travel Pass, showcases the history of chocolate from Central America to the present day.
—AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Mary Costigan, one of the first women to have a radio broadcasting license, moved the station from the present-day Orpheum to the hotel and broadcast a three-hour radio show from there.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Over the past decade or so, there’s been a lot written about how our major commercial auteurs, many of them white men around Paul Thomas Anderson’s age, have avoided making movies set in the present day.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The Lindt Museum Tour, discounted with the Swiss Travel Pass, showcases the history of chocolate from Central America to the present day.
—AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Mary Costigan, one of the first women to have a radio broadcasting license, moved the station from the present-day Orpheum to the hotel and broadcast a three-hour radio show from there.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Over the past decade or so, there’s been a lot written about how our major commercial auteurs, many of them white men around Paul Thomas Anderson’s age, have avoided making movies set in the present day.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
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“The present.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20present. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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