How to Use recent in a Sentence

recent

adjective

• Recent events have brought attention to the problem.
• That was the biggest earthquake in recent history.
• I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.
• Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades.
• Read the most recent live chat here.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2026
• Prices have jumped sharply in recent weeks.
  — Da Lin, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
• Talk turned to recent projects.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
• Ware has endured a lot of lessons in recent months.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
• Data in this recent study bears that out.
  — Stanley S. Litow, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
• Ford hasn’t shown signs of slowing down in recent years.
  — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
• But recent reports show that goal is nowhere near.
  — Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
• But in recent months, the love hasn’t been going both ways.
  — Sarah Cutler november 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
• The gains of recent decades have left the world both better off and more equal.
  — Chelsea Follett, Oc Register, 1 Feb. 2026
• But a recent survey shows that tune has changed in a major way.
  — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
• Recent fighting has shown how drones are being used at scale.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
• The dye is a recent addition to his process.
  — Zach Schiffman, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
• And there have certainly been signs of that in recent years.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
• The Mets in recent years have rarely gone with pitchers in the first round.
  — Will Sammon, New York Times, 12 July 2026
• The network has seen a staffing upheaval in recent months.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
• Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
• Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
• But that wouldn’t explain why Matthews has looked so much sprier in recent weeks.
  — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• But recent wet winters have brought in more cold water, which the fish need to spawn.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Those two markets have hardened in recent years.
  — Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
• At a recent show the ringleader wore a red dirndl with gray knee socks and black ankle boots.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
• And now there’s an endless stream of styles to choose from, thanks to their recent comeback.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2025
• The incident is not the only one of its kind in recent years.
  — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 June 2026
• The tunnel walk has become a staple of the league in recent years.
  — Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
• The recent pause for 180 days is promising.
  — Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
• Los Angeles has been good to them in recent years.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026