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Meanings of modern world in English

The circumstances and ideas of the present age.

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Examples for "modern times"
Examples for "modern times"
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Few enterprises of modern times have given rise to so much controversy.
The Irish Times
2
In modern times, those status markers are often connected to conspicuous consumption.
Wired
3
Rarely in modern times has such a positive showcase been more necessary.
The Irish Times
4
In modern times Pitt was grave; Fox, Melbourne, and Canning were witty.
History of English Humour, Vol. 2
5
Indeed the like of it has not been seen in modern times.
The Irish Times
1
A guinea may be reckoned the highest price in the present times.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
2
It is, besides, strikingly applicable to the revolutions of the present times.
The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Colle...
3
Every Tartar chief, in the present times, is said to have one.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
4
He is, as one might believe, worst informed on the present times.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
5
The raising of corn, it seems, in the present times, cannot.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
1
In the real contemporary world, the population problem has not been solved.
Brave new world revisited
2
What does this tell us about the shape of the contemporary world?
The Guardian
3
Change that trudges through our own world-ourcontemporary world-isnot very mysterious.
The Colour of Life
4
His contribution to our understanding of the contemporary world was substantial.
The Guardian
5
They might have no predators in the contemporary world, no checks on their growth.
Jurassic Park
Usage of modern world in English
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To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.
The Alchemyst
2
This new 'human science' provided the philosophical grounding of the modern world.
The Guardian
3
This is the modern world that Blair wants Islamic countries to join.
The Guardian
4
But the modern world is itself something of a problem for Labour.
The Guardian
5
Portals along the way eventually allow contact with our own modern world.
Reuters
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He's been gone too long, and he doesn't understand the modern world.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
7
In the highly regulated modern world of financial services, scale is king.
The Irish Times
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As soon as you arrive in Ireland you leave the modern world.
The Irish Times
9
Perhaps the most important connection between Ancient Egypt and the modern world.
The red pyramid
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The Renaissance marks the separation of the mediaeval from the modern world.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
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The complexity of the modern world demands an equally complex governance response.
The Guardian
12
Why, in short, have they been unable to enter the modern world?
The Guardian
13
In a space-constrained modern world, storage can be an issue for househunters.
The Irish Times
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We can't avoid these images and still live in the modern world.
Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
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He represents most of all, in the modern world, the surviving savage.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
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Take for instance the famous Cullinan, the wonder of the modern world.
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
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