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The phrase "down to the present" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to something that has happened or existed continuously from a previous time until the current moment. Example: The tradition of exchanging gifts on Christmas has been passed down from generation to generation, down to the present.
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The questions have continued down to the present.
This difference has continued down to the present.
That's local, down to the present administration; Fifa has done its part.
In bringing his story down to the present, Mr. Samuelson identifies current economic problems and proposes solutions.
European society has long valued wind instruments, from their earliest use in rituals down to the present day.
In "Wanted Women," Scroggins traces the lives of Hirsi Ali and Siddiqui from their earliest childhoods down to the present.
Indeed, philosophy has enjoyed an unbroken tradition in Iran down to the present and has produced some highly original thinkers.
That attitude has maintained itself down to the present day and may even have become more extreme.
Further restorations, cleanings, uses and abuses of the temple and its sculptures bring the story down to the present.
The project of writing the history of Rome down to the present day was not a new one.
For many years after the Constitution was adopted, and even down to the present century, such proceedings were generally confined to matters of personal and subject matter jurisdiction.
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