How to Use these days in a Sentence

these days

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  • And then these days, I’m blessed to not have to do that.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But that’s sort of the state of Twitter these days as a whole.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The rent’s higher these days, but the ethos has stuck around.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That’s just the nature of the business these days, right?
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Because of the way things are these days, a lot of stuff just doesn’t.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There are a lot of valuable things out on the street these days.
    Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Like so many of the books these days there are two story lines.
    Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Thieves don’t even need to break into a car to steal it these days.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2024
  • And these days, there are tons of cool swim shorts for every kind of guy!
    Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Cousins hasn’t a worry in the world these days about his Achilles or his age, thank you.
    Terence Moore, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The harder question, these days, is what lines the clown may cross.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Artists have greater control of their paths these days.
    Marcus Cobb, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • There’s a twinkle in Aaron Rodgers’ blue-gray eyes these days.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But this spectrum of left and right is such a weird thing to get one’s head around these days.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Drew Parker is on fire these days, in more ways than one.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
  • Her calmness, these days, is that of someone who walked through the storm.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This Summer Dealing with the heat is not easy these days.
    Catherine Hong, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • But these days, there are nonstop flights that last more than 18 hours.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Most things like this these days are solely about the latter.
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The Church’s task is no longer these days that of the lawmaker, laying down is right and good.
    Austen Ivereigh, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • What’s the deal with Chateau Marmont these days, anyway?
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The vibe of course is restaurant/sports bar — that's pretty much the vibe anywhere these days.
    Worth Sparkman, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Often, gallery shows are better, on all counts and, these days, less whiny and earnest.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 7 June 2025
  • Maybe that’s the right frame of mind to ask what white people are really made of, these days.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Are kids these days less likely to wear coats in cold weather?
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Security lines these days could at least double my overall air travel time.
    Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • After all, there’s ample lunacy to be found on the left and the right these days.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Even internships for college students have become harder to secure these days.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But his landscape paintings of the stony canyons and craggy cliffs that define this part of the country seem to be everywhere these days.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In a twist that makes perfect sense these days, both coaches parlayed roots in the mid-majors to a spot on the sport’s biggest stage.
    Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026

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