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Recent Examples of presently As presently constructed, Tillman isn’t even slotted to count against the organization’s cap space. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 July 2025 Abrego Garcia is presently behind bars in Tennessee, awaiting trial for human smuggling charges. Sarah Bedford, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2025 More powerful and durable The company was founded on the premise that there is presently a bottleneck in the capability of commercial ground stations to download increasing amounts of data gathered by satellites in orbit. ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025 The rotation presently features Max Fried, Carlos Rodón, Marcus Stroman and rookies Will Warren and Cam Schlittler. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for presently
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Adverb
  • As out-of-towners continue to move to the Valley, national chains popular in other states do their best to follow shortly behind.
    Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
  • Wilkins was injured in Week 5 last season and had some sort of setback in his recovery that took him out of offseason practices and landed him on the physically unable to perform list shortly before training camp opened Wednesday.
    Mark Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2025
Adverb
  • Hawkins, a former city attorney who currently is in private practice, lives in Midtown Detroit.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 July 2025
  • Anything, said most people The Tennessean interviewed on a muggy July Saturday, would be better than the traffic stifling commutes and tourism currently in Nashville.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 27 July 2025
Adverb
  • Molly is now a part of the very same group, the Florida Junior Thespians, that Drew was a member of as a teenager.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
  • But amid the nightmare of now, there’s an almost uncanny, delighted sense of watching a comedian who is just the right guy for this exact moment.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Jurassic World Rebirth, starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, is reportedly coming soon to digital streaming.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • The two sides did not find enough common ground, and soon after, Crow-Armstrong blossomed into an All-Star and one of the sport’s most magnetic personalities.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Adverb
  • Rather than just revel in shock and joy, Harman immediately looked a few steps out.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Dexter is immediately on guard and cautious about the idea, while Harry is understandably against it.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • In February, President Donald Trump made an aggressive push to reshape the Kennedy Center by firing its leader, naming a longtime confidant as interim executive director, dismissing board members appointed by Democrats and then appointing his own trustees who promptly elected him as chair.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
  • Follow evacuation orders: If local authorities issue an evacuation order, heed it promptly.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
Adverb
  • For many of us, the smell or taste of a specific recipe can instantly transport us back in time.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2025
  • And while those cocktails usually have rum, how perfectly tiki for a gin cocktail to show up wearing a rum cocktail’s clothes, and to be instantly accepted by the community, and raised as one of their own.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2025
Adverb
  • Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reported that more than 700 active fires were burning across Canada on Sunday, mostly in the southern province of Manitoba, directly to the north of Minnesota.
    Kristin Wright, NPR, 3 Aug. 2025
  • That’s on the airside part of the terminal, but another key addition for the landside part of the airport are express escalators that go directly from the ground level to departures (bypassing the check-in desks) for those with just a carry-on bag.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025

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“Presently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presently. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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