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Recent Examples of recently
More recently, the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements spread across the globe, as did the art that was created in response to each.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Woods recently participated in a match at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Tuesday.
—Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
When a relative suffered a sudden death recently, his friends quickly took the liberty of organizing a celebration of his life.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
But Lee’s reputation would suffer serious blows more recently.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
Woods recently participated in a match at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Tuesday.
—Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
When a relative suffered a sudden death recently, his friends quickly took the liberty of organizing a celebration of his life.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
But Lee’s reputation would suffer serious blows more recently.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recently
Adverb
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The committee sparked a suite of bills aimed at juicing the supply side of Idaho’s housing market — a deregulatory approach targeting zoning laws that has lately found rare bipartisan support at the Capitol, if not in city halls across the state.—
Mark Dee
March 28,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
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The most notable thing he’s starred in lately was a clip of him on a podcaster’s couch, hunched and diminished, talking about his fear of gay people.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Brown, who scuffled as a shooter for most of the game, caught fire late with two 3-pointers and an and-one midrange jumper that cut Boston’s deficit to eight with just over a minute remaining.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Tungsten Tungsten hit a record high of over $3,000 late last week, marking a surge of well over 50% for the month and more than tripling in price since late December.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The primary culprits behind the latest mortgage rate surge are familiar, if newly intensified.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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After most of those incidents, ABC and Warners have vowed to do a better job vetting contestants and tightening up other procedures before cameras rolled and supporting their newly famous alumni afterward.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Their facility would use just 2% of a hyperscaler’s power and occupy about 2% as much space, according to the company.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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That just felt so, almost traumatizing to even imagine.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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