to this day
idiom
: 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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By providing only air cover for the rebels, our intervention left the situation on the ground to the local competing forces, tribes and militias, which were divided then and remain divided to this day.
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Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Interactions with his wife’s family remain strained; to this day, no one has told 99-year-old Nana that Webster was in prison.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Mendelson said truck drivers during the 1950s were taking stimulants to stay awake, and the military uses them to this day.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
In 1943, the center began to host weddings and still does to this day.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Interactions with his wife’s family remain strained; to this day, no one has told 99-year-old Nana that Webster was in prison.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Mendelson said truck drivers during the 1950s were taking stimulants to stay awake, and the military uses them to this day.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
In 1943, the center began to host weddings and still does to this day.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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“To this day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20this%20day. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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