these days

phrase

: 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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Defense contractors don’t want to hear this, but this is the level on which wars can be won or lost these days. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 Elia Kazan’s 1955 adaptation of East of Eden is a bold prestige melodrama of the sort Hollywood rarely makes these days. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026 While some Raiders fans are losing it, many others are simply accepting that is how things are these days for the team. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 Any conversation about anything is up for debate these days, which is the beauty and the curse of social media and everyone having a voice online. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 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 3 Oct. 2026.

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