How to Use just now in a Sentence
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That was 20 years ago just now.
—Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
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His dreams and ideas are just now taking flight.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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That’s her fault for just now mentioning it.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
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Even in the locker room just now, C’mon, coach, put the hat on.
—Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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One was deported and just now, my team met her on the border.
—Ed Flanagan, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
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You’re just now getting started.
—Timia Cobb breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Science is just now catching up to their love story.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
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Even typing out the name Hadrian just now set a sort of fugue in motion.
—Geddy Lee, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
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Here’s a quick rundown of the rules as laid out by the moderators just now.
—WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
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Some people have been using one for ages and are just now making content about it.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Dec. 2024
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There are a lot of amapiano artists that are just now being discovered.
—Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
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But after a lawsuit delayed its use for both, funds are just now starting to flow.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
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When the time will come for that to happen, if ever, can’t be predicted just now.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
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Here are a few of my favorites just now, along with a few suggestions for how to enjoy them.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Blackwood is just now back and getting his season going.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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There’s a lot of women that have been around for a while, that are only just now surfacing.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
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And many Israelis would rather deal with those conflicts than take on Iran just now.
—Bloomberg News, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2024
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Although these policies have been in place for some time, parents are just now waking up to them.
—Nicole Russell, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
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California voters are just now tuning in, and many have yet to make up their minds.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
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Love is still receiving texts from family and friends who are just now learning the truth.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 May 2025
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Since the list is still in its infancy, plenty of artists are just now making their way onto it.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Ralph has been an icon in Hollywood for decades, but is just now getting her flowers.
—Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
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In any case, a lot of voters may be just now starting to make up their minds about the mayoral primary.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
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The light from that event would just now be reaching a galaxy 66 million light-years away, more or less.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Arizona went through that process and just now got the go-ahead to proceed with a different broadcast plan.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2023
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The book was published in 2023 and the paperback is out just now.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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And here and now, utilities as a group are just now breaking out to new 52-week highs and all-time highs.
—Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 25 July 2025
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No matter how earnest the sentiment, though, the refrain rings hollow just now.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
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And the women just now entering the field from the rock world are happy to be in their company.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
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Whatever is just now making people sick was likely consumed more than a week ago.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 July 2026
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