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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Golf Galaxy has no beef with Golf Channel — Knapp is simply caught between his Big Break boulder (below) and a hard place — but being in business with Good Good Golf these days is pretty bad bad. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 The location pushed the seminary’s politics to the left, but poverty and activist flags are harder to find in Chelsea these days. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2026 But these days, her family takes precedence over Hollywood, as Combs noted that her two youngest sons are still in high school. Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026 Advertisement Altman may be the face of the AI boom, but Brockman is the one running much of OpenAI these days. Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 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 29 Aug. 2026.

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