as in lately
not long ago I recently purchased a car have you seen her recently?

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Recent Examples of recently City have won it on seven occasions, including most recently in 2023. Ben Burrows, New York Times, 3 May 2025 Most recently, Pitt re-teamed with Clooney for AppleTV+'s Wolfs (2024) and is hyping his lead turn as a Formula One racer in Joseph Kosinski's F1. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 May 2025 Three of the five U.S. counties with the greatest proportion of women having children in their 40s are in Northern California, according to data recently released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reported first by the San Francisco Chronicle. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025 Most recently, markets have lost trillions of dollars in response to import tariffs, bounced back, then slipped again. Rachel Barber, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recently
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Adverb
  • There is much to like about the bullpen in general lately, especially its ERA.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • Tonight’s show is hosted by Walton Goggins, who has been on a tear lately at HBO, appearing on two of the best examples of modern prestige TV: The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones.
    EW.com, EW.com, 11 May 2025
Adverb
  • Gobert was unplayable for parts of the series against the Lakers, and was sometimes benched late in games.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Against Bournemouth, there were a couple of unusually shaky moments for goalkeeper David Raya, whose passing seems to have become a little more erratic of late.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Adverb
  • Celgene was newly flush with cash from rising sales of thalidomide.
    David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
  • Listen to this article There were 96 guinea pigs newly surrendered by an overwhelmed owner.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Adverb
  • The Oilers got out in front early, scoring just 1:27 into the game off the stick of Adam Henrique, his second goal of the playoffs, which turned out to be all the Oilers would need.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • The singer had just gotten off the road from her Strip Love arena tour.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 May 2025

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“Recently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recently. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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