Nowadays and This time

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Nowadays adverb - At the present time.

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This time and nowadays are semantically related. In some cases you can use "This time" instead the word "Nowadays" as a noun or an adverb.

Nearby Word: nowaday

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Nowadays and this time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nowadays" instead the phrase "This time" as a noun or an adverb.

Colossus was this back in the 80s but nowadays he's not anymore after they got back together and Kitty dumped him this time.

Source: Comic Book / Kitty Pryde
Nowadays most historians refer to this time period as the Early Middle Ages to avoid the connotations of the word "dark."

Source: End of an Age
It's not uncommon for people these days to feel oddly nostalgic for this time since, as many commentators note, the city had a relatively low cost of living at the time compared to nowadays.

Source: The Big Rotten Apple

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This time and Nowadays. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/nowadays/this_time

Nowadays & This time. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/nowadays/this_time>.

This time or Nowadays. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/nowadays/this_time.

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