I. adverb
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announce
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He was absolutely right to welcome the substantial increases that I have announced today for a range of programmes.
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The increase that I have announced today to some extent reflects weaker trading conditions and the recession.
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New rail franchises announced More new franchises, including the Thames and Chiltern lines, were announced today .
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The provisions I have announced today will allow us to continue the progress we have made in our important public services.
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However, I can confirm that the overall value of the ships with equipment that I have announced today approaches £400 million.
publish
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Mr. McLeish Is the Secretary of State aware that the labour force survey was published today ?
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What do you think would happen if Wuthering Heights were published today ?
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Mr. Dorrell I am today publishing an assessment of the case for hospital hostels for people with serious mental illness.
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Two surveys whose findings are published today show that many voters are unsure about some main planks of Government policy.
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That has been published today , and there is a copy in the Library.
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In its report titled the Lost Land published today , it claims our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
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Today she and Charlie are driving to the beach.
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Today , only a few of these beautiful animals survive.
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Couples today are much more likely to marry in their 30s.
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Kids today just don't understand the value of money.
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The cost to install solar panels has dropped from $20 a watt in 1980 to as little as $5 today .
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What did you do today ?
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Accurate planetary observations being collected today will in time lead to more stringent tests for a tenth planet.
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But today the walk was just something to be accomplished as soon as possible.
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Makes him look more sexy, thought Juliet, and wondered what had come over her today .
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One might at least look to the best examples there may be today .
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The imaginative subject - these are the subjects I find most often given in school today .
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The same Oak Tree pub today doesn't seem to have many more companions.
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Well, we are all concerned with recycling today - or are we ...?
II. noun
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■ NOUN
world
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No one can deny that many of the most bitter conflicts in the world today have religious components to them.
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Throughout the world today , people are dying to have somebody notice what they are doing and praise them.
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All around the world today political and religious fundamentalist movements are on the rise.
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Peter Drucker is probably the most prominent philosopher of business management in the world today .
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The other major system of political economy prevailing in the world today is socialism.
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This involves identifying the major problems in the world today .
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The descendants of a very few, transformed by natural selection, make up the world today .
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Nearly every conservative and liberal party in the world today champions the globalized economy.
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Today is Friday.
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By today 's standards, his ideas seem very old-fashioned.
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Have you heard today 's news?