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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Stamos also shared during his Good Guys appearance that Loughlin's recent breakup came as a surprise to him.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
However, with the rise of complex multi-physics scenarios in new energy, smart vehicles, and semiconductors in recent years, legacy CAE architectures have begun to reveal their limitations.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
In Hubble's recent image, NGC 6951 unfurls its graceful spiral arms, covered in red nebulae glowing with hydrogen gas, a key fuel for new stars.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Gas prices are viewed as an important economic indicator, although lower prices don’t guarantee a booming economy, and recent news and data points are showing an economy in which wealthy Americans appear to be spending freely, while poorer households seem to be pulling back.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
However, with the rise of complex multi-physics scenarios in new energy, smart vehicles, and semiconductors in recent years, legacy CAE architectures have begun to reveal their limitations.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
In Hubble's recent image, NGC 6951 unfurls its graceful spiral arms, covered in red nebulae glowing with hydrogen gas, a key fuel for new stars.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Gas prices are viewed as an important economic indicator, although lower prices don’t guarantee a booming economy, and recent news and data points are showing an economy in which wealthy Americans appear to be spending freely, while poorer households seem to be pulling back.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Recent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recent. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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