at the present time

at the present time
at the present time & at this point (in time)
Cliché now; at present. (Used often as a wordy replacement for

now.

) •

We don't know the location of the stolen car at the present time.

The patient is doing nicely at the present time.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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