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

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Recent Examples of recently Moura earned raves for his A24 pic Civil War and can next be seen in the TV series Dope Thief and the movie Last Night at the Lobster. Leterrier most recently directed the latest Fast & Furious pic Fast X, and is set to direct the next installment in that franchise. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025 Past recipients include Richard Pryor, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steve Martin, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, Dave Chappelle Adam Sandler and, most recently, Kevin Hart. Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 He's also met with several senators on Capitol Hill, including Wicker, and recently appeared to be gaining support. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025 And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that deaths from causes fully attributable to alcohol use, like liver disease, have increased in the US over the last two decades, with a 46% increase from 2016–2017 to 2020–2021. Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for recently 
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  • Two of their upcoming opponents, the Red Wings and Blues, are benefiting from coaching changes … but their defense is also trending in the wrong direction lately.
    Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • One of the company’s top-selling drugs is now facing biosimilar competition, weighing on its stock price growth lately.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • The whiplash move to bring the app back comes after TikTok became unusable for Americans late Saturday night.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Undaunted, thank goodness, Stupak opened the Otter, on Thompson Street, late last year inside the new Manner hotel, in SoHo.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • To state that Lucky is the newly single dad to a child with Down syndrome seems both apt and somehow overstates what is handled with an unblinking, quiet care.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The president, newly inaugurated on Monday to begin his second term in office, is due to address WEF via video link at 5 p.m. Davos time.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • Violette’s final choice doesn’t make sense in the context of everything she’s experienced over the course of the film, and Florence’s just manifests too quickly.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Lately, the 80-year-old gallerist has set her sights on Isola, a neighborhood just north of the city center that has attracted design workshops, thrift stores, and art studios.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025

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