How to Use presently in a Sentence
presently
adverb- I cannot attend to the matter this instant, but I will presently.
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Jones presently leads the league with a team-record 19 sacks.
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Bob McManaman,
azcentral,
28 Dec. 2019
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That cannot be done at the peril of people who are presently alive.
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Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2021
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How many have received at least one dose of the vaccine is not presently known.
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David Hogberg,
Washington Examiner,
5 Feb. 2021
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This may be all that the protests can presently accomplish.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Presently, the map only records episodes along the country’s east coast.
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Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian,
11 July 2017
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Mortensen presently has custody of the couple’s son.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Bin rates presently start at $9 a month for the lowest-cost option.
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Esteban L. Hernandez,
Axios,
25 Nov. 2024
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But the people who can relate most to his pain presently are his siblings.
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Essence,
15 Oct. 2025
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As presently constructed, the Kings are a guard-heavy group.
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Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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To bring about such an amendment, as shall presently be seen, is not an involved matter.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2026
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This is a battle that the courts are presently losing in the city and in the counties around the state.
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Sam Cogen,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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With the baseboards removed — more on them presently — the new floor was ready to be installed.
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Tim Woodward,
idahostatesman,
14 July 2017
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Her goal is to move back into her home — presently a skeletal maze of wood — before the new school year.
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Washington Post,
25 July 2019
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That paperwork is being filed presently, sources tell me.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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For the most part the spaces in the Bridges are presently occupied.
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Kaitlin Lange,
The Indianapolis Star,
16 June 2020
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These agencies are presently poised on the edge of their seat, ready to welcome newcomers.
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Mark Glanville,
Fortune,
11 May 2021
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The hospital wasn't presently open but would reopen in the morning.
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Nicole Pajer,
SELF,
15 Apr. 2019
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There’s a strong argument that the 32-year-old is presently the best player in the world.
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Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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She’s lived here all her life (twenty-nine years), presently in a sprawling art deco-ish apartment.
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Lynn Hirschberg,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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The house found a buyer after just two days on the market, and is presently under contract.
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Bob Goldsborough,
chicagotribune.com,
4 Apr. 2022
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On the flip side, the Mets have the highest payroll in the game and presently have the worst record in baseball.
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Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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For all the efforts to eradicate it — about which more presently — many fear the chant will ring out again this summer.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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What are companies most concerned about presently?
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Sj Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Aug. 2025
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All three are fast friends offscreen, and are presently on a global tour for Deadpool 3.
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Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 July 2024
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One of the largest issues presently facing the county is the water recharge issue.
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Sasha Hupka,
The Arizona Republic,
9 July 2024
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The group is presently on the road in Australia ahead of summer dates in Europe.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
26 Feb. 2024
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Laura, of course, presently reappeared.
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Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Kinney’s Near West Side loft unit is not presently on the market.
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Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Sep. 2022
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But third doses are not presently allowed in the United States.
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BostonGlobe.com,
23 June 2021
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