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at present

[at present] {adv. phr.} At this time; now. * /It took a long time to get started, but at present the road is half finished./ * /At present the house […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Kozma Prutkov

If all the past were present, and the present existed along with the future, who would be able to distinguish, where are the causes and where are the consequences? www.english-slang.com

Joe Orton

(1933-1967) British playwright Should a father be present at the birth of his child? It's all any reasonable child can expect if dad is present at the conception. www.english-slang.com

as yet

[as yet] {adv. phr.} Up to the present time; so far; yet. * /We know little as yet about the moon's surface./ * /She has not come as yet./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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