Examples of lately in a Sentence
He has been feeling better lately.
Lately, she has been worrying about her son.
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The 20-year-old has been in fine form lately, winning 10 of her last 11 matches, including a title in Beijing and a semifinal appearance in Wuhan.
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Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The Cowboys have been in a bit of disarray lately, and the injury to Prescott cannot come at a worse time.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Interest rates have not quite complied lately, however, with the 10-year Treasury yield climbing back above 4% last month.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
She’s changed her focus lately to more of an attack on Trump’s threats to democracy, but ultimately, aside from the location, this was just standard stump-speech stuff, the kind of thing politicians routinely do during an election campaign.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The Cowboys have been in a bit of disarray lately, and the injury to Prescott cannot come at a worse time.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Interest rates have not quite complied lately, however, with the 10-year Treasury yield climbing back above 4% last month.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
She’s changed her focus lately to more of an attack on Trump’s threats to democracy, but ultimately, aside from the location, this was just standard stump-speech stuff, the kind of thing politicians routinely do during an election campaign.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lately. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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lately
adverb
late·ly
ˈlāt-lē 
: not long ago
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