Once
Once adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: the once child star is now a lawyer in the entertainment industry
Present-day is an antonym for once.
Present-day
Present-day adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Once is an antonym for present-day.
Both words in one sentence
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Bad Present: Thinks the current day is this, since present-day society has pretty much destroyed everything he once loved about America.
Source: Characters / Captain America - Much of the book's present-day passages deal with how Rahel and Estha no longer share the bond they once did, and the book ends with them trying to reconnect in the only way they feel able—through sex.
- The only people who agree with him on the principles that once made America great are fundamentalist know-nothings and present-day fascists and right-wingers, which pains an articulate, sincerely patriotic conservative intellectual like Burnside no end.
Source: Characters / Captain America
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