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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These Star Wars games also standardized joystick controls in space sims — something that can still be felt in modern space sims to this day — and included precision flight physics and innovative mission design to keep players immersed in its impressive recreation of the Star Wars universe. Alan Bradley, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026 Half a century on, Watkins’ brilliant dialogue still circulates online, occasionally going viral to this day. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026 Her documentaries Triumph of the Will and Olympia, visually stunning and influential to this day, were made in service to Nazi ideology. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026 Hundreds of thousands of Zapotec speakers still live in Mexico to this day. Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 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 2 Feb. 2026.

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