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nowadayses

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now⋅a⋅days

[nou-uh-deyz]
–adverb
1. at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
–noun
2. the present: The kitchens of nowadays are much more efficient than when I was a boy.

Origin:
1325–75; ME nou adaies; see now, a- 1 , day, -s 1
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nowadays 
1474, contracted from M.E. nou A dayes (1362), from now + adayes "during the day," with adverbial gen.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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