as in recently
not long ago have you been listening to the radio much lately?

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Recent Examples of lately June 2024 Judgment: Life may have been feeling confusing lately, but June is going to give you the opportunity to clear things up. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024 The recent Thanksgiving post isn’t the first time the NBC star has expressed her immense gratitude lately. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024 Grinding out results has defined Mallorca’s success lately—not winning a match by more than one goal, scoring few (15), and conceding fewer (13). Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 Muddy Outlook Risk-on momentum in equities has lately been concentrated in small caps. Royce Branning, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lately 
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Adverb
  • Houston recently acquired corner infielder Isaac Paredes in a trade that sent Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Relatively moderate tariffs, such as the additional ten percent levies on Chinese goods that Trump proposed more recently, would still be costly but would generate smaller disruptions.
    Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • The Cardinals cut the lead to nine late in the third on a 2-yard pass from Murray to James Conner but didn’t score again.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Mescal brought his acting intensity to sketches like one about a college student whose parents hate his new pierced ear, a scene about an actor struggling with a commercial for an Italian restaurant, and a pitch-perfect portrayal of his fellow countryman Bono late in the show.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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  • Long each other’s biggest basketball rival in the Pac-12, UCLA and Arizona will meet again Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as newly estranged.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The resultant social fracturing is pitting the vast majority against a newly vocal minority of junta sympathizers.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • This contract now marks the fourth big-league free-agent contract that Eovaldi has signed.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Dennis Perry, who is now 62, was convicted of two counts of homicide in 2003 but he was released in 2020 after his conviction was overturned, in part because reporting by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cast doubt on an alibi that Mr. Sparre had used when he was investigated after the killings.
    Hank Sanders, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • Founded by coffee enthusiast and marketing expert David Boucher, Escape Cafe stands out in the crowded specialty coffee niche, offering customers the highest quality beans and blends roasted just right every time.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Board chairman Victor Cruz says the board’s critics just don’t understand how CDDs work, and blames financial problems on previous boards.
    Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2024

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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lately. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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