here and now

alternative here-and-now

1. not comparableAt this time and in this place.

   On January 8, 1964, in my first State of the Union address to the Congress, I announced: "This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America." I warned that "it will not be a short or easy struggle" but that it was a war "we cannot afford to lose."

   1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75

alternative here-and-now

1. no pluralThe present situation.

   Cutting line capacity by 4tph (around 30 trains a day) would slash revenues (seats). HS2 would be hobbled. But politicians like the idea of cutting costs in the here and now.

   2020 December 16, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “HS2 is still the right thing to do...”, in Rail, page 41

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   I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But not nearly close enough.

   1920, Paul Klee, (Please provide the book title or journal name), from an exhibition catalogue

   In December, my Christian and Jewish neighbors will look backwards as they celebrate events that may have taken place in the ancient Middle East. Neo-Pagans, however, will look around, in the here and now, as we celebrate something that happens every year, something that happens regardless of changes in churches and in nations. The winter solstice is something you can depend upon.

   1986 December 14, Mary Morrisey, “Roll Over, Jehovah — And Tell St. Nick the News”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 5

   Synonyms: now

2. no pluralThe current state of one's own life.