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Examples of recent in a Sentence
Recent events have brought attention to the problem.
I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.
Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades.
That was the biggest earthquake in recent history .
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In this most recent quarter, Optum’s operating profits grew nearly 30% to $1.7 billion.
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Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and James Harden remain at the of the most recent rundown of NBA jersey sales.
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In New York, power-sector emissions fell 52 percent between 1990 and 2014, but much of those gains were offset by a 23 percent increase in transportation emissions, according to the most recent state figures.
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The most recent statistics available suggest that the numbers of homeless students are rising not only in Sacramento but statewide and nationally.
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The most recent Session features Seafair, a popular Cleveland band front by vocalist-keyboardist Chayla Hope.
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The most recent American women's winner before Linden was Lisa Rainsberger in 1985.
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Feinstein, who was first elected to the Senate in 1992, was well ahead of de León in the most recent survey by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.
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The high-profile event also included the world premiere of West’s most recent album, The Life of Pablo.
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Origin and Etymology of recent
Middle English, from Latin recent-, recens; perhaps akin to Greek kainos new
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