How to Use current in a Sentence

current

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of currentnext
Synonyms for currentnext
  • We need to keep current with the latest information.
  • Who is your current employer?
  • The dictionary's current edition has 10,000 new words.
  • The simplest of print goals is to direct us to the most current news.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
  • In the meantime, here are a few current TV sales to keep an eye on.
    — Parker Hall, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Still, with the current fuel surge prices, there's no telling how much a ride will cost you.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The current tree, a Norway spruce, came from West Virginia.
    — Adam Carlson, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The current goal is to run the pay guarantee program at a net neutral.
    — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • On the current route, the robo-taxi can take four Zoox employees at a time along a public road at a speed of up to 35 mph.
    — Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 28 June 2023
  • But then came an uptick in West Africa in 2021, followed by the current outbreak in the southern part of the continent.
    — Jeffrey Moyo, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There is lots of blame to share and things to improve but our current president earns the lion's share.
    — E. J. Antoni, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Then, head to Network & Internet and then click the name of your current WiFi network.
    — Justin Pot, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Her time as police chief laid the groundwork for her current position with the NFL.
    — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But Wall Street analysts, by and large, expect prices to hover near their current level for the rest of the year.
    — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
  • My current job is fine and pays well for less than 40 hours a week but is not super-challenging.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The project is the latest in Sandler’s current $250 million Netflix deal.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The inequities are built into the current funding structure, said Nzewi.
    — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Once the plan is approved by the court, the terms of the current board of directors will expire and a new board of directors will be assigned.
    — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • During the current wave, the temp isn’t dipping below 90 degrees.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The current buffer is half a mile, giving surrounding cities little sway over the project.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In these countries, the current exchange rate will be your greatest ally.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Except for Anderson and Jensen, who joined the board in January, the other five current members were on the board.
    — Michael Lee, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • It’s been the subject of rumors since forever, but the current staff doesn’t believe it is haunted.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • That seems to be BMW's philosophy with the current Z4 overall.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
  • Users can watch scores of first-person reports from Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, or learn about the history behind the current fighting.
    — Jacob Sweet, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The move raised eyebrows among current members, as the caucus seeks to position itself further to the Right than most members of the party.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
  • Better yet, get copies from your current healthcare provider, and hand deliver them to your new healthcare provider.
    — Elizabeth Davis, Verywell Health, 17 June 2023
  • The ruling means there is no current U.S. obstacle to the two companies merging.
    — Dave Michaels, WSJ, 12 July 2023
  • There will be an uptick in flash flooding late in the overnight into Tuesday morning if the current weather trends continue.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The struggles in recent years, including the current season, are largely due to bad coaching.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
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current

2 of 2 noun
  • The circuit supplies current to the saw.
  • Strong currents pulled the swimmer out to sea.
  • Air currents carried the balloon for miles.
  • The waves and currents wrecked the boats; all 21 men aboard died.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Swim parallel to the beach and not against the current.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • Those who’ve spent time on board say the boat rocks in the river’s current.
    — Jake Offenhartz, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • As the current drags you out, don’t try to swim toward shore.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But the dead steadiness of Chen’s current implied that it wasn’t made of units at all.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In other places, swirling currents were pushing barges too close to the dams.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But who was Fanon, and how did his life and thinking fit into the currents of his own era?
    — Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Pro tip: Bring a helmet, should the currents push you against a cave wall, as well as a head lamp for dark passages.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • One of the trucks had been carrying sacks of oranges, which were now bobbing in the current.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Some posit the nerveless current to be less than parklike.
    — Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    — Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The idea is for fish to mistake the whooshing current created by the pumps for the river’s flow and get lured into the trap.
    — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In high water, focus on areas tight to the bank where the current is blocked or softer.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • So using the current over/under as an example, the line is set at 47.5.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In the FinFET, the gate controls the flow of current through a vertical silicon fin.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The new fuse limits the operating current of the brake module, the statement said.
    — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • For three days, satellite photos show, the vessel largely stayed in place thanks to low winds and weak currents.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
    — Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
  • An electrical current is just a flow of electrons in a circuit.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But neighboring coastal cities opposed the idea of building groins, which stop sand from drifting with the ocean currents.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2023
  • The weather service said that winds in the last 24 hours have caused waves of four to eight feet as well as the creation of dangerous currents in Lake Michigan.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2023
  • Now, locals are hoping the 100-foot-long vessel can be saved before currents pull it back into the ocean’s depths.
    — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • There are areas that are sometimes shallow enough to cross on foot, but sudden drop-offs and a strong current has led to drownings.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 12 June 2023
  • The trick, though, is that the sport has managed to subsume all of that — all of these things that happen to it, these currents beyond its control — into part of the story.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • The current appeared to flow on the pavement over several streets and reach up to touch the bottom of several compact cars.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
    — Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Strong currents and large debris can threaten the safety of pleasure craft during high flows, the agency said in the release.
    — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2024

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