these days

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: at the present time

It seems that everyone has a cell phone these days.

What kind of music are you listening to these days?

These days, she has a very busy social life.

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White said Salvation Brands is not to be confused with the big brand management firms such as Authentic Brands Group and WHP Global, which are getting all the attention these days. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 What does Cher think of everyone doing naked dressing these days? — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026 If your radar is going off here, you're tuned in to how the world works these days. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 That’s just the nature of talking about AI these days, when even the most passionate AI champions don’t quite know what the technology might do, and the rest of us rubes are left to try to make sense of it. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for these days

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