How to Use these days in a Sentence

these days

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  • And then these days, I’m blessed to not have to do that.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But that’s sort of the state of Twitter these days as a whole.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The rent’s higher these days, but the ethos has stuck around.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That’s just the nature of the business these days, right?
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Like so many of the books these days there are two story lines.
    — Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And these days, there are tons of cool swim shorts for every kind of guy!
    — Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The harder question, these days, is what lines the clown may cross.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Drew Parker is on fire these days, in more ways than one.
    — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
  • Her calmness, these days, is that of someone who walked through the storm.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This Summer Dealing with the heat is not easy these days.
    — Catherine Hong, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • But these days, there are nonstop flights that last more than 18 hours.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Most things like this these days are solely about the latter.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2024
  • What’s the deal with Chateau Marmont these days, anyway?
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Are kids these days less likely to wear coats in cold weather?
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Jenna Dewan is next-level fit these days and she's got the snaps to prove it.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 12 July 2023
  • Investors have a lot to worry about these days, not least among them war in the Middle East.
    — WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Even food with plenty of butter gives her pause these days.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Lacey Chabert is a name synonymous with the Hallmark brand these days.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Why doesn’t anyone care anymore or take pride in their work these days?
    — Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2024
  • There’s nobody quite like her in the theatre, or anywhere else, these days.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Calvin Klein isn’t the only luxury brand the 818 founder is working with these days.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2023
  • But there’s not as much of that these days, with people looking at their cellphones.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The city doesn’t exactly have many jazz clubs these days, either.
    — Brynn Shiovitz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But these days, the company is more of a melting iceberg.
    — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Geralt of Rivia is sporting a new look these days — and a new actor.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 May 2024
  • Competitive yields are tough to find in the stock market these days.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2023
  • That is certainly the case in Yemen, on the south flank of the Arabian Peninsula, where the desert sands have a new look these days.
    — Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no avoiding the hype surrounding AI these days.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 8 July 2024
  • Cold plunges and slugging, or whatever the kids are calling it these days.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Ebony, whose temper has gotten her jail time, struggles with alcohol but seems, these days, more sober than not.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024

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