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The document is organized chronologically, starting with his return to office in January and tracking each major foreign policy move through the present day.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Organized by date like the almanacs that inspired it, the text likely would have unfolded in the present tense, providing the reader with a real-time narrative tour of Concord through the seasons.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
After weeks of Arctic Air moving in and out of the Eastern United States and most of Tennessee, a warmer Christmas may be the present some residents are awaiting.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
Spears and Geruso concede that dismal attitudes about the present and the future deter some people from wanting to have children.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Organized by date like the almanacs that inspired it, the text likely would have unfolded in the present tense, providing the reader with a real-time narrative tour of Concord through the seasons.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
After weeks of Arctic Air moving in and out of the Eastern United States and most of Tennessee, a warmer Christmas may be the present some residents are awaiting.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
Spears and Geruso concede that dismal attitudes about the present and the future deter some people from wanting to have children.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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 18 Dec. 2025.
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