to this day

phrase

: up to now : even now : continuing until today
To this day, I still don't know what happened.
The belief persists to this day.

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Sargent Shriver, your father, helped to create the Peace Corps, which is still thriving to this day. NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026 Voice of America’s Persian Service began airing in its current form in 1979, shortly after the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah and installed the Islamist clerics who rule the country to this day. Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 Public-health officials coined a nonjudgmental nomenclature that persists to this day. Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 The project was built upon the singer’s signature blend of pop and R&B, which helped turn her into one of the greatest hitmakers of all time and remains central to her output to this day. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for to this day

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“To this day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20this%20day. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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