nowadays

/ˌnaʊəˈdeɪz/
/ˈnaʊədeɪz/
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Definitions of nowadays
  1. adverb
    in these times
    “"it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford”
    synonyms: now, today
  2. noun
    the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
    synonyms: present
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    now
    the momentary present
    here and now, moment, present moment
    at this time
    date
    the present
    nonce, time being
    the present occasion
    today
    the present time or age
    tonight
    the present or immediately coming night
    type of:
    time
    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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US
/ˌnaʊəˈdeɪz/
UK
/ˈnaʊədeɪz/
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