in this day and age

prepositional phrase

In the current era of history.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticIn the current era of history.

    In this day and age, our understanding of, well, everything is molded far more by social media than any Socratic questioning.

    2025 January 3, Christina Izzo, “Cunk On Life is brilliantly funny (and depressingly timely)”, in AV Club

    Synonyms: nowadays

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseIn the current era of history.

Similar
nowadays
Also see
nowadays

Translations

Finnish tätä nykyä
  • tätä nykyänowadays
German in der heutigen Zeit
  • in der heutigen Zeitnowadays
Cite this entry
APA

in this day and age. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20this%20day%20and%20age

MLA

“in this day and age.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20this%20day%20and%20age. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in this day and age,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20this%20day%20and%20age.

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