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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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According to Gilbert’s brother-in-law, Charles Brown, the pair fishing late at night was not out of the ordinary.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Despite Miami being near the top of the Eastern Conference, and having Messi and Luis Suarez leading the attack, the team has had trouble scoring of late.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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By constantly scanning for newly discoverable Bluetooth devices, the charger identifies the BT device address of the mobile device and initiates pairing. 7.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2025
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DeSantis had, apparently, figured out a way to stuff Make America Great Again into a sleeker, less objectionable package, one that appealed to both traditional Republican business interests and the newly influential far right.—
Drew Nelles,
Time,
28 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 2 May. 2025.
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