PRESENT-DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does present-day mean? 

• PRESENT-DAY (adjective)
  The adjective PRESENT-DAY has 1 sense:

1. belonging to the present time

  Familiarity information: PRESENT-DAY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESENT-DAY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to the present time

Synonyms:

contemporary; present-day

Context example:

contemporary leaders

Similar:

current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)

 Context examples 

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity which may resemble that seen in the deep oceans on Earth.

(Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon's Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity, NASA)

As a result, terraforming Mars is not possible using present-day technology.

(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)

But how do these young, massive, compact disks evolve into the elliptical galaxies we see in the present-day universe?

(Massive Dead Disk Galaxy Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Studying the patterns of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans hints at the structure of human communities more than 50,000 years ago.

(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.

(NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars, NASA)

This is in stark contrast to present-day galaxies, where the effects of mysterious dark matter seem to be much greater.

(Dark Matter Less Influential in Galaxies in Early Universe, ESO)

The fossil discovery occurred in the Pontide terrane, an area in present-day Turkey that was once an island located between contemporary Asia and Africa.

(Fossil discovery adds to understanding of how geological changes affected evolution of mammalian life, National Science Foundation)

Hidden beneath Europa's icy surface is perhaps the most promising place in our solar system beyond Earth to look for present-day environments that are suitable for life.

(NASA Issues 'Remastered' View of Jupiter's Moon Europa, NASA)

The Sahara Desert was once underwater, in contrast to its present-day arid environment.

(Ancient Saharan seaway illustrates how Earth’s climate and creatures can undergo extreme change, National Science Foundation)

The models that came closest to matching observations of clouds in the present-day climate showed a greater precipitation increase for the future than the other models.

(NASA Data Suggest Future May Be Rainier Than Expected, NASA)