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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However, the most common way of producing ammonia these days is through a method known as the Haber-Bosch process, which uses extremely high temperatures and pressures that are normally created by burning fossil fuels.
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New Atlas, 20 June 2025
But playing the unmodified 1980 release these days can feel a little slow-paced and repetitive, given advancements in game design and taste in the intervening decades.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
Opening up your utility bill is a pretty visceral experience these days.
—Paul G. Pinsky, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
There is a reason so many Florida university and college presidents are these days being recruited from the ranks of politicians and political hangers-on.
—Ron Cunningham, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
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New Atlas, 20 June 2025
But playing the unmodified 1980 release these days can feel a little slow-paced and repetitive, given advancements in game design and taste in the intervening decades.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
Opening up your utility bill is a pretty visceral experience these days.
—Paul G. Pinsky, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
There is a reason so many Florida university and college presidents are these days being recruited from the ranks of politicians and political hangers-on.
—Ron Cunningham, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 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 4 Jul. 2025.
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