right now

adverb

Definition of right nownext
1
as in currently
at the present time right now we are in the middle of a major home renovation

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Relevance

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2
as in immediately
without delay answer my question right now

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Recent Examples of right now And right now owners buy teams to keep, not to unload and make a quick profit. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Not a single one of the trading companies raised it as a fundamental challenge right now. — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026 There should be no compromise on that issue given the condition of the world right now. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Counsell said the players aren’t worrying about postseason positioning right now. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for right now
Recent Examples of Synonyms for right now
  1. currently
  2. immediately
  3. now
  4. promptly
  5. anymore
  6. instantly
  7. directly
  8. right
Adverb
  • Novo Nordisk currently reuses some process water in cooling towers, where the water helps remove excess heat before eventually evaporating.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Tampa Bay is currently scheduled to have three primetime games.
    — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of currently
Adverb
  • The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office, which doubles as the region’s medical examiner, did not immediately respond to a request for information.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Requests for comment sent to the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the local circuit court clerk were not immediately returned.
    — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of immediately
Adverb
  • Larger coupon payments now provide a cushion against further price declines, unlike the low-yield environment earlier this decade.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The company now faces a larger test as deployments expand beyond a single vessel.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of now
Adverb
  • Playing the helpful citizen, Martinez drove his literal truckload of ALPR bits directly to the Sheriff’s department, where he was promptly taken into custody.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Few character intros in movie history are better than Indiana Jones snagging that golden idol before being promptly chased by a giant boulder and a tribe of blowdart-wielding warriors.
    — Frank DeRuggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of promptly
Adverb
  • This is in part because, whether owing to shrinking foreign-news budgets or to a reluctance to have individual correspondents expound on such a broad array of topics and countries, careers like Ascherson’s barely exist anymore.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Showing up with a wallet and an appetite isn’t good enough anymore.
    — Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of anymore
Adverb
  • Sneakers can instantly add a cool factor to an outfit and keep you comfy — a true fashion win-win.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Once activated, the machine cleared the surrounding fog almost instantly.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of instantly
Adverb
  • Now Betancourt’s company, North American Blue Energy Partners, based in Barbados, could be one of the first private firms to directly participate in Venezuela’s oil industry since it was nationalized half a century ago.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Playing the helpful citizen, Martinez drove his literal truckload of ALPR bits directly to the Sheriff’s department, where he was promptly taken into custody.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of directly
Adverb
  • Yesavage experienced the longest baseball season of his life, Berríos pitched through pain in the regular season and Bieber came off Tommy John rehab right into a pennant race and October push.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing could be more convenient than having a ton of equipment right in my room.
    — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of right

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“Right now.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right%20now. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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