mod·ern-day

mod·ern-day
/ˈmɑːdɚnˈdeı/ adj, always used before a noun
: existing today

problems facing most modern-day families

— often used to indicate that someone or something of the present is similar to someone or something of the past

The two lovers are a modern-day [=latter-day] Romeo and Juliet.

He's been called a modern-day saint.

the modern-day equivalent of slavery


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