Synonyms for nowadays
ˈnaʊ əˌdeɪznowa·days

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1. nowadaysadverb

   At the present time; in the current era.

   Synonyms:
   in this day and age, currently, these days, now

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1. present, nowadaysadverb

   the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

   "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"

   Synonyms:
   present, present tense

2. nowadays, now, todayadverb

   in these times

   "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television"

   Synonyms:
   at once, straightaway, like a shot, now, directly, straight off, at present, immediately, right away, instantly, today, forthwith

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1. nowadaysadjective

   Synonyms:
   in these days, in this age, in the present age

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1. List of paraphrases for "nowadays":

   today, currently, now

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How to use nowadays in a sentence?

1. David Dillen:

   If they were not taken care of they would have died a long time ago, i think it’s a pity people nowadays tend to look at the glass being half-empty instead of half-full.

2. Gwendolyn Midbleton:

   I think that African Americans are on guard with the temperature of our country nowadays, we are wanting someone who is going to be true and authentic.

3. Matvei Ganapolsky:

   The Skripals were poisoned in Great Britain, to send a man to kill somebody is a question of the price of a plane ticket. And, in low season, tickets are on sale with a discount. And moreover you have low-cost airlines nowadays. That's why geography doesn't matter in this case.

4. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   Nowadays this threat is getting extremely urgent in the light of newly revealed facts of repeated use of not only industrial toxic chemicals but also of full-fledged chemical warfare agents by ISIL and other terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, there is a growing danger of similar crimes being committed on the territory of Libya and Yemen as well.

5. Liu Peng:

   But it is not perfect, and it does not meet all kinds of personalized demands, people nowadays want more personalized architecture.