Examples of recent in a Sentence
Recent events have brought attention to the problem.
I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.
Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades.
That was the biggest earthquake in recent history.
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In a recent interview, when Variety asked Taylor Frankie Paul, the show’s central figure, whether Affleck is back in #MomTok, Paul struck a welcoming note.
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 1 July 2025
Bannon made known his disdain for Musk in a recent interview with the New York Times.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
If recent months are any indication, the debate that most Canadians will have this July 1—between fireworks, beside the water—won’t be about Canada.
—Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
The facility is the third to be opened in recent years, following a plant launched in Pakistan in 2021 with Artistic Denim Mills and a factory in Bangladesh opened a year later.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 1 July 2025
Bannon made known his disdain for Musk in a recent interview with the New York Times.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
If recent months are any indication, the debate that most Canadians will have this July 1—between fireworks, beside the water—won’t be about Canada.
—Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
The facility is the third to be opened in recent years, following a plant launched in Pakistan in 2021 with Artistic Denim Mills and a factory in Bangladesh opened a year later.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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“Recent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recent. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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