Usage of "modern times"

The circumstances and ideas of the present age.

In European and Western history, the period that succeeded the Middle Ages (which ended approximately 1500 AD).

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Examples for "present times"

A guinea may be reckoned the highest price in the present times. 
 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 

It is, besides, strikingly applicable to the revolutions of the present times. 
 The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Colle... 

Every Tartar chief, in the present times, is said to have one. 
 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 

He is, as one might believe, worst informed on the present times. 
 The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 

The raising of corn, it seems, in the present times, cannot. 
 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 

To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power. 
 The Alchemyst 

This new 'human science' provided the philosophical grounding of the modern world. 
 The Guardian 

This is the modern world that Blair wants Islamic countries to join. 
 The Guardian 

But the modern world is itself something of a problem for Labour. 
 The Guardian 

Portals along the way eventually allow contact with our own modern world. 
 Reuters 

In the real contemporary world, the population problem has not been solved. 
 Brave new world revisited 

What does this tell us about the shape of the contemporary world? 
 The Guardian 

Change that trudges through our own world-ourcontemporary world-isnot very mysterious. 
 The Colour of Life 

His contribution to our understanding of the contemporary world was substantial. 
 The Guardian 

They might have no predators in the contemporary world, no checks on their growth. 
 Jurassic Park 

Uso de modern times em inglês

Few enterprises of modern times have given rise to so much controversy. 
 The Irish Times 

In modern times, those status markers are often connected to conspicuous consumption. 
 Wired 

Rarely in modern times has such a positive showcase been more necessary. 
 The Irish Times 

In modern times Pitt was grave; Fox, Melbourne, and Canning were witty. 
 History of English Humour, Vol. 2 

Indeed the like of it has not been seen in modern times. 
 The Irish Times 

He was undoubtedly the most popular man in Cambridge in modern times. 
 Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy 

Both in ancient and in modern times other forces cooperated with it. 
 Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the pri... 

Charlotte Graham reviews two rom-coms for young adult readers in modern times. 
 Radio NZ 

But these were modern times after all, when nothing exciting ever happened. 
 The favorites: a novel 

He was the originator and restorer of expository preaching in modern times. 
 Luther and the Reformation: / The Life-Springs of Our Liberties 

Is in truth one of the most formidable evils of modern times. 
 The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign / Why It Exists, and How I... 

We have in modern times a totally wrong view of the matter. 
 Friends in Council — First Series 

In modern times, it has been the scene of many Anglo-Indian struggles. 
 Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute 

Owner Lloyd Williams has made this race his own in modern times. 
 News.com.au 

As a universalist, VOLTAIRE remains unparalleled in ancient or in modern times. 
 Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli... 

Between these plundered graves, about 250 were found untouched in modern times. 
 History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o... 