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There will be no apologies for my recency bias.
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The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
These analyses ruled out explanations like recency bias, where animals simply favor the most recent signal, or responding to the most obvious cue.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Unlike standard inboxes that list threads by recency or unread status, its algorithms rank and surface communications based on strategic signals like hiring, fundraising, or partnership cues.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Those signals rest on several factors, including clarity, structure, authority and recency.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
These analyses ruled out explanations like recency bias, where animals simply favor the most recent signal, or responding to the most obvious cue.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Unlike standard inboxes that list threads by recency or unread status, its algorithms rank and surface communications based on strategic signals like hiring, fundraising, or partnership cues.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Those signals rest on several factors, including clarity, structure, authority and recency.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Recency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recency. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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recency
noun
re·cen·cy
ˈrēs-ᵊn-sē 
: the state of being recent
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