in this day and age
idiom
: at the present time in history : nowadays
Computers are essential to getting work done in this day and age.
It's unbelievable that in this day and age people are still dying from hunger.
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Advertisement Of course, in this day and age, social media can bring a whole new context to songs.
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Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Creating a set of dramedy categories would solve exactly nothing, since too many shows in this day and age would be able to justify their eligibility there.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
But in this day and age, why do certain subsets of well-off parents choose not to vaccinate their children?
Epidemics as Entertainment
Plagues capture the public imagination in ways that other less terrifying--but more deadly--diseases don't.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
And people are so busy in this day and age, people are running from place to place.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 June 2024
Peace is the only alternative especially in this day and age of advanced weaponry.
—William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2024
Unfortunately in this day and age with social media, people get attacked.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 7 June 2024
Because there are so many more anglers gunning for the same areas, Marshall says a successful angler in this day and age must be versatile.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 May 2024
This past month, the women’s NCAA Tournament was the top show in sports, with the women’s title game drawing four million more viewers — a massive delta in this day and age — over the men’s title game.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
Creating a set of dramedy categories would solve exactly nothing, since too many shows in this day and age would be able to justify their eligibility there.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
But in this day and age, why do certain subsets of well-off parents choose not to vaccinate their children?
Epidemics as Entertainment
Plagues capture the public imagination in ways that other less terrifying--but more deadly--diseases don't.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
And people are so busy in this day and age, people are running from place to place.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 June 2024
Peace is the only alternative especially in this day and age of advanced weaponry.
—William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2024
Unfortunately in this day and age with social media, people get attacked.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 7 June 2024
Because there are so many more anglers gunning for the same areas, Marshall says a successful angler in this day and age must be versatile.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 2 May 2024
This past month, the women’s NCAA Tournament was the top show in sports, with the women’s title game drawing four million more viewers — a massive delta in this day and age — over the men’s title game.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
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