How to Use recent in a Sentence

recent

adjective

• Recent events have brought attention to the problem.
• That was the biggest earthquake in recent history.
• I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.
• Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades.
• Soulja Boy is one of the most recent celebrities to share his thoughts on the matter.
  — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 23 Sep. 2024
• This style reminds me the most of the 2000s, but the recent resurface of it as an Instagram era in all the best ways.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Aug. 2024
• The new study puts the recent rash of deaths into context and highlights the threats the species faces going forward.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• The wrecking ball of Avery’s recent past was catching up with him.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• Thousands of people, half of whom are children, have died in Gaza in recent weeks.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
• Unlike a pair of other recent victories, this on didn’t come down to the wire.
  — Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
• Now Gee will have to consider the recent charges against Huggins.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 17 June 2023
• As of March, prices are up 6% over the past 12 months, according to the most recent consumer price index.
  — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2023
• The most recent one, Cine, sustained a broken leg in his third NFL game and missed the rest of his rookie season in 2022.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 27 Mar. 2023
• Delon had been battling poor health in recent years and suffered a stroke in 2019.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
• Today, the Treasury Secretary takes the bad with the good from recent jobs numbers.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
• In more recent days, Biden’s tone has become more forceful.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
• Nichols said recent shootings also show that some in the United States are too quick to reach for a gun and fire — even when the use of a weapon could be avoided.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• To read Seidel's recent columns, go to freep.com/sports/jeff-seidel.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
• Stefen Chow It's been hard for outsiders to get a firsthand view of China in recent years.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
• The third season of The Morning Show, which was not eligible for the recent Emmys race, also joins the pack.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
• The father said his son, who was 13 at the time, had been bullied at school and struggled with his parent's recent divorce.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
• Many, if not most, of the pursuits troopers have engaged in in recent years happened at speeds of 100 mph or more, Hagar said.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
• The latest charges represent the third indictment for Trump in recent months.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023
• But these Trump critics ignore the broader themes in the Court’s recent jurisprudence.
  — Robert J. Delahunty, National Review, 14 Feb. 2024
• In a recent Tweet, a smiling Whitmer is holding her look-alike doll, which even has a necklace with a pendant in the shape of Michigan.
  — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
• In the most recent batch of Netflix episodes, Leclerc battled for a world championship title and came in as runner-up.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
• The political press has been on a recent tear of ignominy lately.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
• Despite the trauma of the recent past and unknowns ahead of them, the family found a moment of joy in their surprise reunion.
  — Sean Keane, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2024
• The largest drop-offs in openings were in industries that have driven much of the job growth in recent years: health care and social assistance, and government, according to the report.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
• Spirit's ephemerality is so visible that even Saturday Night Live poked fun at its transience in a recent sketch.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024