Examples of recent in a Sentence
Recent events have brought attention to the problem.
I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.
Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades.
That was the biggest earthquake in recent history.
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OpenAI has announced a number of ambitious deals in recent months.
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Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
But more recent discoveries of older hominins that likely walked upright have suggested that Lucy was not the earliest human ancestor, although most still think her species was ancestral to our own lineage.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
During a recent interview with USA Today, the 64-year-old actor poked fun at stars who include extravagant and sometimes eyebrow-raising requests in their riders, which are a set of requirements that artists demand in order to perform.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
In the Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy category, One Battle will be up against Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, and Richard Linklater’s two recent films, Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2025
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Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
But more recent discoveries of older hominins that likely walked upright have suggested that Lucy was not the earliest human ancestor, although most still think her species was ancestral to our own lineage.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
During a recent interview with USA Today, the 64-year-old actor poked fun at stars who include extravagant and sometimes eyebrow-raising requests in their riders, which are a set of requirements that artists demand in order to perform.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
In the Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy category, One Battle will be up against Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, and Richard Linklater’s two recent films, Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2025
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