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Recurring parentheticals create nooks on the page, opening portals onto passing thoughts or faraway places (a balmy beach, a portside terrace), while forays into the present tense momentarily suspend narrative time with liveness and immediacy, particularly at moments of heightened emotion.
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Acknowledging that change is inevitable helps retirees cultivate gratitude for the present and make intentional choices about the future.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
So while Annabeth was happy when the Golden Fleece healed the tree and brought Thalia back in the present, Percy looked downright pissed.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, in the present timeline, Max and Thaddeus are led to The Ghoul, bruised and battered from his ordeal in Freeside — but alive, crucially.
—Jack King, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Acknowledging that change is inevitable helps retirees cultivate gratitude for the present and make intentional choices about the future.
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
So while Annabeth was happy when the Golden Fleece healed the tree and brought Thalia back in the present, Percy looked downright pissed.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, in the present timeline, Max and Thaddeus are led to The Ghoul, bruised and battered from his ordeal in Freeside — but alive, crucially.
—Jack King, Vulture, 21 Jan. 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 24 Jan. 2026.
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