modern-day
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Current; of the present.
Example Sentences
- "Modern-day Greek is a lot different from ancient Greek, or koine."
- "Of course, modern-day theories debunk that idea."
- "And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious."
- "The Yongping garrison was located between Siming prefecture and Môn Châu, or modern-day Na Cham. The Qianlong garrison was located at modern-day Shangsi county in southern Guangxi."
- "That couple led police on a wild goose chase like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde!"
- "Lambert had been on the pitch only three minutes when he rose, in the style of a modern-day Nat Lofthouse, to score with the arching, powerful header that completely changed the emphasis on a night when Roy Hodgson's team had, at times, exhausted the patience of their home crowd."