as in latest
happening or beginning not long ago
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.
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Recent Examples of recent
London’s pride as a business hub has also been dented in recent years as homegrown firms have looked elsewhere to base themselves or expand, increasingly looking to IPO abroad or moving their primary listing away from the U.K.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 July 2025
In recent years, online scammers and thieves have been able to extract significant personal information from a boarding pass, even if the confirmation number is obscured.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Those investments have created concern in recent years for some stakeholders.
—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
In a recent interview, when Variety asked Taylor Frankie Paul, the show’s central figure, whether Affleck is back in #MomTok, Paul struck a welcoming note.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 1 July 2025
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 July 2025
In recent years, online scammers and thieves have been able to extract significant personal information from a boarding pass, even if the confirmation number is obscured.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Those investments have created concern in recent years for some stakeholders.
—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
In a recent interview, when Variety asked Taylor Frankie Paul, the show’s central figure, whether Affleck is back in #MomTok, Paul struck a welcoming note.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recent
Adjective
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2023
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The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.—
Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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Here’s how Wheeler has fared against current Padres in the regular season: The 35-year-old veteran threw 41 of his 63 pitches for strikes in Monday’s season debut, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks in 3⅔ innings in a loss.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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In its current form, the restaurant offers a five-course tasting menu for the rough equivalent of $82 with the option of an even more affordable three-course meal for about $59.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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The veteran outfielder has been trying to adjust to a new role as a platoon DH this season.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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The mayor has yet to internalize how much City Hall’s elaborate bait-and-switch on voters in winning approval of much-higher-than-promised new trash fees on 226,000-plus single-family homes has damaged his reputation.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Furthermore, they were found to have no trace of cadmium, mercury, or arsenic, all contemporary treatments for syphilis.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Subsequent features included Ali, the Muhammad Ali biopic starring Will Smith, and Collateral in 2004, starring Cruise and Jamie Foxx is also considered a milestone in contemporary cinema.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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There are certainly fluctuations of good and bad news all across the gaming industry, but more often than not as of late, the Xbox brand seems to be squandering its goodwill by saying one thing and then doing another over and over again.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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An attendee holds a portrait of late football player Andre Silva during the funeral ceremony of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Mother Church of Gondomar, on the outskirts...—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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It's been 100 years, and echoes of the controversial Scopes Monkey Trial, which pitted modern science against creationism, can still be heard around the world and seen in Dayton, TN, the heart of the trial.—
Laura L. Davis,
The Tennessean,
13 July 2025
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How to style white jeans for fall 2025 No longer exclusive to summer, white jeans are positioning themselves as a modern and sophisticated alternative to your dark wash denim for fall 2025.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier took a more progressive approach to Native issues.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
13 July 2025
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Last season, 33 per cent of his total carries in the Premier League were progressive, defined as carries greater than five metres and move the ball at least five metres towards the opposition goal — only Jeremy Doku (38 per cent) had a higher share among players who played at least 900 minutes.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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