today

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[ US /təˈdeɪ, tuˈdeɪ/ ]
[ UK /tədˈe‍ɪ/ ]

ADVERB

on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow
I can't meet with you today
in these times
we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets
today almost every home has television
it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished

NOUN

the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)
did you see today's newspaper?
Today is beautiful
the present time or age
today we have computers
the world of today

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Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
There are a lot of so-called "Mathematical Economic Models" in today's market, but none of them presents an inclusive and deterministic system.
Nonetheless, today's pic made me do a little bit of a double-take. Ryan Seacrest, Don Johnson And Larry King Are Three Amigos In Today’s Daily TwitPic » MTV Movies Blog
At any rate, she rolled up the cuffs of her camouflage cargo pants a few times so she didn't trip if today's class required running.
But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
Email and Net abuse at work have become the number one reason why UK employees face the sack, according to a survey out today.
We had another good touristy day today, visiting a few galleries, beaches and the like.
One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
Benecken characterized the entire hacking case as "ultramodern" and said that, in a way, it exemplified the "downside" of today's digital age "that can easily been taken advantage of by savvy youths with those skills and a lot of time. Hackers Allegedly Steal New Gaga Songs, Rumored Ke$ha Sex Photo
Today's lesson focuses on how to write a summary of a news article.

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