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.
That was the biggest earthquake in recent history.
Recent Examples on the WebSo why is everyone talking about one man? June 1, 2024
The election, one of the most divisive in recent memory, was widely viewed as a referendum on López Obrador, a leftist populist who has lifted millions out of poverty while bending democratic norms and failing to curb widespread gang violence.—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024 This comes after other incidents in recent months of babies being discovered in abnormal locations.—Landon Mion, Fox News, 2 June 2024 But recent revelations suggest Ledecky might have earned one more gold medal.—Elaine Quijano, CBS News, 2 June 2024 Every day brought grim reports of a rising tide of death that eventually took the lives of nearly seven million people worldwide.
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Over recent decades, multinational companies from North America to Europe to Japan had placed their fate in a ruthless sort of efficiency.—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for recent
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin recent-, recens; perhaps akin to Greek kainos new
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