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Another sickening development that I expect to be changing profoundly nowadays is American support for an imperialist foreign policy.

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  1. adverb During the present time; now.

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  • Have you noticed how the world will take anything nowadays from a German? —  Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography
  • But if the person is UNEDUCATED on alcohol abuse which WILL have a detrimental effect on their health in the short term nowadays (at the levels of consumption). —  WordPress.com News
  • Another sickening development that I expect to be changing profoundly nowadays is American support for an imperialist foreign policy. —  CounterPunch
  • Martyrdom is a magical word nowadays, they call them martyrs and suddenly everything is OK. —  The Sugar cubes
  • The plant is used as a detox nowadays which is also your ultimate guide for healthy skin. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English nouadaies : nou, now; see now + a (variant of on, on; see on) + daies, genitive of dai, day; see day.

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  1. Formerly now a days, from Middle English now a dayes, etc.; from now + adays.
 

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/ˈnaʊədeɪz/
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