these days
idiom
: at the present time
It seems that everyone has a cell phone these days.
What kind of music are you listening to these days?
These days, she has a very busy social life.
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Certainly, the Bears are talking like the aggressors these days.
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
A lot of times ,there'll be intimacy coordinators on set these days as well, which is pretty cool, to keep everybody safe and happy.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
But these days, club music is a rarity in the label’s catalog, and no single musical style could be said to define its output.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025
Is anything machine washable these days?
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
A lot of times ,there'll be intimacy coordinators on set these days as well, which is pretty cool, to keep everybody safe and happy.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
But these days, club music is a rarity in the label’s catalog, and no single musical style could be said to define its output.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025
Is anything machine washable these days?
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for these days
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“These days.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/these%20days. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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