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Recent Examples of recently
Most recently, the style that’s caught my attention is the clever scarf jacket.
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
As a consolation, though, Jack confirmed that the duo are very much still in close contact and spoke as recently as this week.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Meghan's also been busy with her business venture, As Ever, which launched in April and recently released a debut holiday collection that included a sweet nod to her husband of seven years.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Mamdani, a two-term state assemblyman who recently turned 34, campaigned with a progressive message that voters wanted a change from the status quo and that someone like him was attuned to the younger generation's most pressing issues, such as high housing costs.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
As a consolation, though, Jack confirmed that the duo are very much still in close contact and spoke as recently as this week.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Meghan's also been busy with her business venture, As Ever, which launched in April and recently released a debut holiday collection that included a sweet nod to her husband of seven years.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Mamdani, a two-term state assemblyman who recently turned 34, campaigned with a progressive message that voters wanted a change from the status quo and that someone like him was attuned to the younger generation's most pressing issues, such as high housing costs.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recently
Adverb
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She’s been obsessed with slavery lately.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Bills have owned the Dolphins lately (if not quite the NFL, or now, even the AFC East).—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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On July 4, 1776, an Irish immigrant to Philadelphia worked late into the night to set the final text of the Declaration into type.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The storm is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam, just north of the city of Quy Nhon, late on Thursday and early on Friday, when the JTWC estimates its intensity could drop from 90 to 20 knots.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The thing that evolved was newly minted.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Even as this risk rises rapidly, there are still plans for launching mega constellations of tiny satellites akin to those that are already orbiting as part of SpaceX’s Starlink system, along with a newly emerging push for orbital data centers such as Nvidia’s Starcloud.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Leaders in Congress agreed and sent out armadas of patriot privateers to do just that, plundering British shipping around the Atlantic rim and forcing Royal Navy warships to redeploy to convoy duty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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There are also just more bears these days.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Recently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recently. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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