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Right or wrong, recency bias tends to creep into contract negotiations – especially after the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Data from our company's research shows that in the AI search environment, structure and recency are key.
—Manick Bhan, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The recency of the Jan. 3 game will certainly favor the Seahawks, particularly since that game was in Santa Clara while Saturday’s will be back at Lumen Field.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
The relative recency of dictatorship has helped inoculate Spain against the far-right and the dreaded malaise of democratic backsliding seen around the globe.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Data from our company's research shows that in the AI search environment, structure and recency are key.
—Manick Bhan, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The recency of the Jan. 3 game will certainly favor the Seahawks, particularly since that game was in Santa Clara while Saturday’s will be back at Lumen Field.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
The relative recency of dictatorship has helped inoculate Spain against the far-right and the dreaded malaise of democratic backsliding seen around the globe.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Recency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recency. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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recency
noun
re·cen·cy
ˈrēs-ᵊn-sē 
: the state of being recent
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