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Thoughtful modern touches—like in-room iPads, automatic fireplaces, and high-tech Japanese toilets—bring the experience more into the present.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
After introducing the central characters of the present narrative, O’Farrell dramatically widens her lens to conjure a brisk yet haunting saga of the peninsula and its inhabitants that spans millennia preceding Tomás’s arrival.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026
One is focused on Juliette in the present day, and the other explores pre-apocalyptic life before the silos.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 June 2026
The very details that make the genre come alive—the archaic syntax, the outfits, the feelings—are the ones that haven’t survived into the present day or that the writer made up.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
After introducing the central characters of the present narrative, O’Farrell dramatically widens her lens to conjure a brisk yet haunting saga of the peninsula and its inhabitants that spans millennia preceding Tomás’s arrival.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026
One is focused on Juliette in the present day, and the other explores pre-apocalyptic life before the silos.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 June 2026
The very details that make the genre come alive—the archaic syntax, the outfits, the feelings—are the ones that haven’t survived into the present day or that the writer made up.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for the present
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“The present.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20present. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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