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That data may suffer from recency bias—the last memory of fans who enjoy part of a great match but eventually lose their seat is negative, whereas fans who waited for hours to get into the end of a great match may forget the agony of the wait.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
There’s a good deal of recency bias at play the way the Seahawks have been rolling and the way the Rams have been squeaking by, particularly on defense.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
There's reasons why, but there's recency bias in a lot of taxpayers' mind.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
There’s a good deal of recency bias at play the way the Seahawks have been rolling and the way the Rams have been squeaking by, particularly on defense.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
There's reasons why, but there's recency bias in a lot of taxpayers' mind.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Recency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recency. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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recency
noun
re·cen·cy
ˈrēs-ᵊn-sē 
: the state of being recent
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