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Meanings of present times in English

The circumstances and ideas of the present age.

Usage of present times in English
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
6
The other is to treat the maxims, in present times, as a snare.
The Guardian
7
All this was properly adapted to the present times and circumstances.
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
8
The present times he had judged to be times of crisis, big with fate.
The Forest Lovers
9
Any criticism against the present times delighted the priest.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
10
Is this a sign of the present times?
The Irish Times
11
Nursie's attitude has its echoes in present times.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
12
It has beautiful lakes and mighty rivers, that are the insoluble problems of the present times.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
13
We must not, however, judge the power of the ancients by the standard of present times.
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
14
Never was any Society more useful nor so well adapted to the conditions of present times.
Catholic Problems in Western Canada
15
He was one of those with whom the present times were likely to go very hard.
Castle Richmond
16
The present times are tough on sick people.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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Present times through the time
Present times across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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