nowadays
adverb
now·a·days
ˈnau̇-(ə-)ˌdāz 
: at the present time
People don't wear hats much nowadays.
Examples of nowadays in a Sentence
People don't wear hats much nowadays.
nowadays it's rare for people to carry cash when they can pay by other methods
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In a way, with everyone able to platform their thoughts nowadays, no singular perspective holds all that much value, so for Hudson, the only viewpoint that matters is her own.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
The issue bringing conservative Germans face-to-face with police most often nowadays is censorship.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
The Oscars ceremony, like the U.S. movie business at large, is very much a global show nowadays.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The crowd was a small and mostly Black—unusual at underground rap shows in New York nowadays—group of babyfaced, tiny, and awkward teenagers.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
The issue bringing conservative Germans face-to-face with police most often nowadays is censorship.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
The Oscars ceremony, like the U.S. movie business at large, is very much a global show nowadays.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The crowd was a small and mostly Black—unusual at underground rap shows in New York nowadays—group of babyfaced, tiny, and awkward teenagers.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nowadays
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nowadays
adverb
now·a·days
ˈnau̇-(ə-)ˌdāz
: at the present time
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