to this day

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: up to now : even now : continuing until today

To this day, I still don't know what happened.

The belief persists to this day.

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And Mars, to this day, even after its climate has been substantially altered, still has all the raw materials for life in abundance in a way that the moon doesn’t and that even Venus doesn’t. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 The result was a severe shock to global energy markets that continues to this day. — Richard Hall, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Moton said doctors to this day have not figured out what caused the frightening episode. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The exact circumstances of the death were not made public and remain a mystery to this day. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to this day

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