How to Use these days in a Sentence
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Does work feel heavy these days?
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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No one wants to write these days.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Weed is just so strong these days.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
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But those joys are rare these days.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
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But the game evolves at warp speed these days.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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The two seem to be close these days, though.
—Currie Engel, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
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Arko said the pantry is a busy place these days.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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Running a bike shop is hard these days.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Is your home feeling rather cold these days?
—Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
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What are your other projects these days?
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
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What are the challenges these days with award shows?
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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But then there's just so much feedback these days.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
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Who has a reason to smile at their phones these days?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
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Smith is the first to admit life is hard these days for him.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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What's the state of Chloe Kim these days?
—Sean Gregory, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
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Like so many of the books these days there are two story lines.
—Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
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The rent’s higher these days, but the ethos has stuck around.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
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To write about tech these days is to witness the birth of stars.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
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There are a lot of valuable things out on the street these days.
—Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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The Greg Adamses are no longer alone these days.
—Rob Rossi, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Even if that sort of thing is not so much in fashion these days.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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Thieves don’t even need to break into a car to steal it these days.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2024
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Because of the way things are these days, a lot of stuff just doesn’t.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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What’s your dream night out in New York these days?
—Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
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And these days, there are tons of cool swim shorts for every kind of guy!
—Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 22 Apr. 2023
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Set the scene And what a scene Dublin is these days.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
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As the kids say these days, let Toboni cook.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jonathan Bailey has a lot to smile about these days.
—Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
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Is your shed feeling a bit too cluttered these days?
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
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This sling purse is the perfect bag to carry these days.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
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