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Recent Examples of lately
The group has been looking back a lot lately when prepping its set lists.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
He’s been scoring often lately, and the verbal from fans about this player is beginning to change.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Other celebrities that have been showing ankle with cropped hemlines lately include Holmes and Erin Napier.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Amazon is in a pretty good groove lately, with far fewer shows than Netflix, but a much higher batting average overall.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
He’s been scoring often lately, and the verbal from fans about this player is beginning to change.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Other celebrities that have been showing ankle with cropped hemlines lately include Holmes and Erin Napier.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Amazon is in a pretty good groove lately, with far fewer shows than Netflix, but a much higher batting average overall.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lately
Adverb
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Most recently, markets have lost trillions of dollars in response to import tariffs, bounced back, then slipped again.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Carter also secured nominations for his work on 2011's War Horse and, most recently, 2022's The Fabelmans.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Bondi signaled late last month that any criminal investigation into the matter was unlikely.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Bobrovsky stopped a golden Brayden Point opportunity on the game’s first shift and denied him twice late in regulation as the Lightning frantically attempted to tie the score.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For those newly confronting the limits of their bodies—through aging, injury, or illness—this grief can feel shocking and isolating, like a secret no one warned them about.—
Jayne Mattingly,
Time,
16 Apr. 2025
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This version of the legendary 1972 Pink Floyd concert film was digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage and features enhanced audio that has been newly mixed by Steven Wilson (from the prog-rock band Porcupine Tree).—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The industry has already swallowed price increases and made supply-chain shifts where possible, professionals say, and higher prices will now hit consumers, likely slowing growth in a part of the economy that’s made up of lots of small, even mom-and-pop, businesses.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Santos made the grave error of not just lying about his background to voters — which while unethical and unsavory is not a crime — but embezzling donor funds for personal expenses and lying to Congress, among other things, which are chargeable offenses that have now resulted in his conviction.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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By episode 2, the former Fireflies make it to an area just outside Jackson and see how heavily fortified the city is.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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But the Heat then scored just 21 points while shooting 1 of 6 (16.7 percent) on threes in the fourth quarter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lately. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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