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modern-day

adjective

  1. from the present or recent past
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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Current; of the present.

    “Modern-day Greek is a lot different from ancient Greek, or koine.”

    “Of course, modern-day theories debunk that idea.”

  2. Used to designate a present-day version of someone or something in history.

    “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.”