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at the present time nowadays it's rare for people to carry cash when they can pay by other methods

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Recent Examples of nowadays This was not surprising, considering the rarity of the disease nowadays. Renee Hsia, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Privacy and security concerns Everyone wants personalized experiences nowadays, and providing them is a typical scenario of AI use. Alexandr Khomich, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 Instead, Yang used the opportunity to ask the candidate and, subsequently, X users how people cheat in job interviews nowadays—and the responses were pretty eye-opening. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024 The pope and Meloni have also found common ground on this topic, with the pair joining forces at a conference aimed at tackling Italy’s declining birth rate, while Francis has generated attention for his view that some couples nowadays prefer to have pets rather than children. Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nowadays 
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Adverb
  • All the Colorado School of Mines football program can do now is wait.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • And now the Commanders go three-and-out Rohan Nadkarni Backed up on their own 10-yard line, the Commanders couldn’t break out.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • Related article Stores don’t sell your favorite product anymore.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But, much like with apps on a phone, once everyone’s giving pop-up notifications, nothing really pops anymore.
    Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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  • Sea surface temperatures are currently near average, meaning ENSO-neutral conditions continue for now.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The three shows are currently renewed through the end of this 2024/25 season.
    Peter White, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Nowadays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nowadays. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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