How to Use just now in a Sentence

just now

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Definition of just nownext
  • And one of those chains is just now entering the D-FW market.
    — Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Even typing out the name Hadrian just now set a sort of fugue in motion.
    — Geddy Lee, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
  • One was deported and just now, my team met her on the border.
    — Ed Flanagan, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s a quick rundown of the rules as laid out by the moderators just now.
    — WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Your rhetoric can sound uniting, and your answer just now.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Mavis Beaumont, played by Buteau, is a 38-year-old stylist just now getting her big break.
    — Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
  • With some of the book’s more relaxed buyers just now crossing the finish line, Streisand is ready to talk a bit more about it.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
  • When the time will come for that to happen, if ever, can’t be predicted just now.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • And the women just now entering the field from the rock world are happy to be in their company.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
  • With the sun still high in the sky and a good set of roots down under, the summer vegetable garden is just now hitting its stride.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Arizona went through that process and just now got the go-ahead to proceed with a different broadcast plan.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2023
  • In any case, a lot of voters may be just now starting to make up their minds about the mayoral primary.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But although this fruit may just now be gaining momentum in the U.S., its roots can be traced back over 1,000 years.
    — Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Although these policies have been in place for some time, parents are just now waking up to them.
    — Nicole Russell, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • There are a lot of amapiano artists that are just now being discovered.
    — Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Oberkor is just now settling into her new role, which began on Nov. 15.
    — al, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And quite frankly, bullish sentiment is just now showing up with the recent price action in shares of RKT.
    — Moneyshow, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Cherry blossoms have just now reached Stage 5 of 6 today.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Ralph has been an icon in Hollywood for decades, but is just now getting her flowers.
    — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Global style star Hailey Bieber is just now watching one of the most stylish television shows of all time.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2023
  • And everyone’s just now dancing and drinking in the hallways.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • A lot of that run is thanks to Josh Hubbard, the 5-foot-10 freshman out of Madison, Wisconsin, who went on a 5-point run himself just now.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Home values in Greater Boston have soared since the outset of the pandemic, and that growth is just now beginning to slow.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • California voters are just now tuning in, and many have yet to make up their minds.
    — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The field is only just now moving into the more public sphere of history.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
  • With the help of cadaver dogs, researchers are just now honing in on some of the remains of the deceased in this location — and at other sites around the world.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
  • On the makeup side, don't overlook the Garnier facial cleanser and makeup remover, which is just now $16 for two bottles.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
  • It’s been scientifically proven (by me, just now, in a lab coat).
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 July 2023
  • That would create misery for a retiree just now selling shares in order to pay for groceries.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • And according to the numbers that were just in the package just now, the American people understand that.
    — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022

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