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Recent Examples of lately
Michael Warren/Getty Images Borrowers looking to secure an affordable mortgage interest rate haven't had much luck lately.
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Sophie Thatcher hasn’t been sleeping much lately.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 May 2026
Starbase has been quite busy lately, for SpaceX has been gearing up for a very important launch — the debut of Starship V3 (Version 3), an advanced, more powerful iteration of the rocket that's capable of reuse and deep-space flight.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 May 2026
Neither does the driver yips that Paige revealed she's been dealing with lately.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Sophie Thatcher hasn’t been sleeping much lately.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 May 2026
Starbase has been quite busy lately, for SpaceX has been gearing up for a very important launch — the debut of Starship V3 (Version 3), an advanced, more powerful iteration of the rocket that's capable of reuse and deep-space flight.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 May 2026
Neither does the driver yips that Paige revealed she's been dealing with lately.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lately
Adverb
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Where will recently signed Roman Kantserov, a 2023 second-round draft pick, slot in?—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Jelly Roll has wrestled a couple of times recently.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon The news comes after the bank late last month reported a better-than-expected profit gain of 17%, helped by stronger contributions from its Wealth Solutions, Global Banking, and Global Markets flow income segments.—
Justina Lee,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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With Ramón Laureano slumping, the Padres have given more starts to Sheets in left field of late as a way to get him and some combination of Ty France, Miguel Andujar and Nick Castellanos in the same lineup.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Adverb
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In Season 3, Kate and Hal are put even further at odds when newly sworn-in President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) asks Hal, rather than Kate, to serve as her vice president.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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No one told her about an aid program in Ohio open to kinship families newly formed without child welfare officials opening a legal case.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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Good times for the place have come and gone under various ownerships in the years since, and things are now looking up once more.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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Athletes and celebrities get in on wrestling all the time, and now WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella is calling for WNBA stars Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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Heard whole, the Barber-Menotti product is as gloriously over the top as anything that Bette Davis ever made with William Wyler—and Heartbeat’s reduction of it to its burning cinders is as just as effective as Glyndebourne’s grandly eloquent take.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Having overseen the game tent for many years, Cornelius knew just the thing to say in order to goad the customers into buying tickets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lately. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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