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[ adverb ] at the present moment
Synonyms Examples "goods now on sale" "the now-aging dictator" "they are now abroad" "he is busy at present writing a new novel" "it could happen any time now" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The largest of these organizations at_present denies to the full_time educator any vote on the conduct and standards of the group and , indeed , refuses him even the right to attach the customary initials after his name in the college catalog . Since there are almost no schools in the country offering graduate work in interior_design this rule cannot at_present be observed . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)The elasticity as a parameter of fluids which is not subject_to simple measurement at_present , and it is a parameter which is probably varying in an unknown manner with many commercial materials . Such an instrument is expected to be especially useful if it could be used to measure the elasticity of heavy pastes such_as printing_inks , paints , adhesives , molten plastics , and bread_dough , for the elasticity is related to those various properties termed `` length '' , `` shortness '' , `` spinnability '' , etc. , which are usually judged by subjective methods at_present . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)A reason for such wide variation in the pulmonary morphology is entirely lacking at_present . |
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