current
Usage
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Something that is current is in general circulation or is a matter of common knowledge or acceptance: current usage in English. That which is prevailing is that which has superseded others: prevailing fashion. That which is prevalent exists or is spread widely: a prevalent idea.
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The Times spoke with eight other current and former residents of A Step to Freedom, who all said they don’t eat every meal at the nonprofit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Everyone I spoke with described the current process of tracing foodborne illnesses as laborious and slow and hampered by an absence of a unified approach.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Given the current uncertainty in the Middle East, many analysts expect the Bank to again leave rates unchanged at its next meeting on Thursday 30 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Young people wouldn’t be receptive to this messaging if the current system were working for us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
She had somehow been knocked out of the main current and was either drifting aimlessly or was floating toward shore.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Officials warned of hazardous conditions — such as high surf and strong rip currents — across much of the Southern California coastline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Winds, storms, rainfall and currents are all, in different ways, the planet trying to even out that difference.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Medium and high resolution sensors operated by government agencies and commercial satellite companies have tracked these floating pumice fields as they stretch into long bands carried by surface currents.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Bob Adelman’s photograph is a monumental record of an event that tapped into the most profound currents of American history, making it the emblematic image of the civil-rights movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The ‘iwa doesn’t hover over us this time. Instead, it tilts in the wind currents, following the curve of the sea cliffs until it disappears from sight. “
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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