Examples of lately in a Sentence
He has been feeling better lately.
Lately, she has been worrying about her son.
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In North Texas — a region that’s of course lately become famous as a burgeoning financial hub — the health care industry has lately been adding jobs at a particularly fast clip.
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Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Getty Images/iStockphoto Interest rates have been falling across the board lately — on mortgage loans, on savings accounts, and, lucky for homeowners, on home equity products, too.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Hello Kitty fans looking for footwear have been in luck lately, since HeyDude collaborated with Hello Kitty on a collection released over the summer.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
But lately, some prescriptions are taking longer to fill as supplies run low.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
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Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Getty Images/iStockphoto Interest rates have been falling across the board lately — on mortgage loans, on savings accounts, and, lucky for homeowners, on home equity products, too.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Hello Kitty fans looking for footwear have been in luck lately, since HeyDude collaborated with Hello Kitty on a collection released over the summer.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
But lately, some prescriptions are taking longer to fill as supplies run low.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lately. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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lately
adverb
late·ly
ˈlāt-lē 
: not long ago
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