Currently
/ˈkʌrəntli/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adverbAt the present time.
Extra definitions
adverbNow during this period.
adverbIn today's situation.
adverbAt this moment, at present, now.
Sentence Examples
The museum is currently closed.
She is currently studying.
The project is currently under review.
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Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.”
— 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
“CBP told CNN it currently processes “nearly 4 million duty-free de minimis shipments a day.””
— 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum is ____ closed.