Now
Now noun - The momentary present.
Usage example: Now is a good time to do it
Present
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Skip to the present and now they're ghostly Humanoid Abominations stalking the hallways of the hospital for victims.
Source: Film / Grave Encounters -
Unfortunately for them, all of the flashforwards have now happened in the present, making this Bad Future the canonical bad past in the show's current present time.
Source: Bad Future -
By the time the story catches back up with the present, the novel is now fully about Holle instead of Grace, and Grace then becomes a background character for the rest of the book.
Source: Literature / Flood
Cite this Source
Present and Now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/present
Now & Present. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/present>.
Present or Now. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/present.
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