Now
Now noun - The time currently existing or in progress.
These days
Now and these days are semantically related. You can use "Now" instead the phrase "These days" as an adverb or a noun.
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- Whether this is a mistake or an attempt to establish a distinct bestiary is unknown; however, these days "wyverns" are now almost exclusively referred to in the game as simply "wind riders".
Source: Call a Pegasus a "Hippogriff" - The only home "hair dryers" were stand dryers, which these days are seen now mainly in beauty salons.
Source: Useful Notes / The Fifties -
Fish out of Water: Not so much these days, since he's been living there a while by now.
Source: Series / Doc Martin
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These days and Now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/these_days
Now & These days. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/these_days>.
These days or Now. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/these_days.
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