present-day

present-day (not comparable)

1. In existence now; current or contemporary.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 19:

     Antlers and horns have been the insignia of devils and black magicians from time immemorial, and are worn by present-day witch doctors.

   • 1960 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 110:

     As for the present diesel main line units of 2,000 to 2,300 h.p. on the London Midland and Western Regions, they can offer little more than the maintenance of present-day schedules - well below modern European speed standards - [...].

   • 1963 April, “Chepstow Bridge is rebuilt”, in Modern Railways, page 265, photo caption:

     The new bridge (6) gives headroom of 13ft at high tide, sufficient for present-day river traffic.

   • 1973 [1962], Mark Elvin, quoting Tanigawa Michio, “Sino-barbarian synthesis in north China”, in The Pattern of the Chinese Past: A Social and Economic Interpretation‎, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 46‎:

     Ch'üan Ch'i was the scion of a great family of Feng-yang in Shang-lo [in present-day Shensi province].

   • 1989, Che Muqi [车慕奇], “Places of Historic Interest, Scenic Beauty, and Revolutionary Relics”, in 丝绸之路今昔 [The Silk Road, Past and Present]‎, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62:

     The ancient Kingdom of Ruoqiang controlled the rest of present-day Ruoqiang County, while today’s Qiemo (Qarqan) County was the territory of the ancient State of Qiemo, and the ancient walled city of Washixia in present-day Ruoqiang County was possibly its capital.

• modern; see also Thesaurus:present