How to Use right now in a Sentence
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In a sense, that’s the whole ballgame for the GOP right now.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 July 2023
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There are only like 100 in the U.S. right now, it’s called the Monarch.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
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Uh-oh Even the easy plays aren’t easy right now for Fields and the Bears.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
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So [there's] a lot of Legos in the Cousins house right now.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
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And right now, the world needs changing for the better.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
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The current state of the world right now is pretty bleak in a lot of ways.
—Liz Appel, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
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Trust me, right now, Stiles has his own fires to put out.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 27 Jan. 2023
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There's no easy way to get your point across right now.
—Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
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But there are big pros of cell phone use right now, too.
—Adiah Siler, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
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Get up right now, go out and buy some bulbs and come home and put them in the ground.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2021
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Here's our rundown of the best Roku deals out there right now.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2024
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And yet where would the Bucks be right now without Allen?
—Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022
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There are many movies right now that focus on the Ukraine.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
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So -- so, what is the true state of the pandemic right now?
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2022
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In this moment right now, the first thing that comes to mind is like, wow.
—Quinci Legardye, ELLE, 16 Sep. 2022
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And, Sling Blue is on sale right now for half off your first month!
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 18 Sep. 2024
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Is Taylor Swift the biggest pop star in the world right now?
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2022
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None of this, in the short term, can get me out of the dilemmas posed right now by the new weight loss drugs.
—Johann Hari, TIME, 9 May 2024
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And right now, video games are where most of these customers are.
—Brandon Ginsberg, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2021
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And where the times are at right now is boy groups, Jewel, and most of all, R&B—things not rock.
—Chris Norris, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2022
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There are many countries around the world right now where this is their hour of need.
—CBS News, 2 Nov. 2022
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And the optimal time to enjoy them is right now, in the first cold rush of 2021.
—Peter Dawson, Chron, 4 Nov. 2021
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The wait for a table on a weekend evening is long right now; the catch is to go at lunchtime.
—Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
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But right now, the voters have a voice in the decision.
—André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2023
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Your only job right now is to protect your energy.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
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Momentum definitely seems to be on Jordan’s side right now.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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Health care is being decimated right now.
—ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
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The department that is responsible for telling us that is defunded right now.
—NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
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The Raiders have no plans, at least right now, to trade him, so that leaves the Cowboys searching for impactful players.
—Calvin Watkins mar. 1, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
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This is such a dynamic situation right now.
—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
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