Examples of lately in a Sentence
He has been feeling better lately.
Lately, she has been worrying about her son.
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But lately, there’s been less laughing and playing there.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
With growing environmental pressures, engineers have lately been hard-pressed to develop circular approaches that use industrial CO₂ emissions to produce valuable chemicals.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
Jeremy Fears, Michigan State Fears’ extracurricular activities on the court have made the most noise lately.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
But boy is Bezos leaning hard into his Bond villain perception lately.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
With growing environmental pressures, engineers have lately been hard-pressed to develop circular approaches that use industrial CO₂ emissions to produce valuable chemicals.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
Jeremy Fears, Michigan State Fears’ extracurricular activities on the court have made the most noise lately.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
But boy is Bezos leaning hard into his Bond villain perception lately.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lately. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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lately
adverb
late·ly
ˈlāt-lē 
: not long ago
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