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in present

Meaning

in present

(obsolete) At once, without delay.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. Aeschylus

Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up! Caroline Myss

I can make a guess. There's going to be trouble. Come to think of it, that's a safe catch-all prophecy. Whatever happens in present circumstances there's going to be trouble. John Brunner

I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together. I understand how people can get into unethical situations, and Scientology has always helped me keep my head clear and be in present time. Danny Masterson

Won't you stay We'll put on the day And we'll talk in present tenses. Joni Mitchell

Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the world, the new creation that cannot be contained in present thought or social order or piety. Rowan Williams

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