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Examples of recently in a Sentence
She recently graduated from college.
I was going to paint the room white, but more recently I've been considering a light blue.
I saw him recently for the first time in many years.
Only recently did they decide to move.
Until recently I had no idea where I would end up finding a job.
Recent Examples of recently from the Web
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A festival on the banks of the Kankakee River in southern Porter County recently got a boost with state recognition for bringing attention to the history of an area of the county often overshadowed by the Indiana dunes.
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The relationship between navigation and smell is surprising, especially since until relatively recently scientists believed that birds had no sense of smell at all, reports Michael Lipske at the National Wildlife Federation.
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With a joint meeting coming up between the Burbank Unified school board and City Council, school board members recently brainstormed topics such as fiscal viability to discuss with their city counterparts.
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Her other sister, Jasmine Minor, 24, played at Oregon and recently completed her graduate degree at the Northwestern Medill School of Journalism, serving as a college tennis sideline reporter and analyst for ESPN3 during her final semester.
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The agency had about 138,000 applications nationwide waiting for a decision at the end of March, its most recently available data.
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More recently, prompted by the opioid epidemic, several groups including Hanlon’s have begun evaluating TMS as a tool to decrease pain among those at high risk for that addiction.
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George Clooney recently achieved a trifecta of life milestones.
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These are live questions: A major political figure in India has recently been indicted for his role in a violent Hindu–Muslim dispute originating in — this is not a typo — 1528.
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First Known Use of recently
1533
RECENTLY Defined for English Language Learners
recently
adverb
Definition of recently for English Language Learners
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: during the period of time that has just passed : not long ago
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