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

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Recent Examples of lately But lately, competitors like Google, Honor, and Motorola have put out folding devices that have stolen some of the company's spotlight. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 9 July 2025 An electric motorcycle bearing a Honda badge is bound to attract serious attention – and lately, the rumor mill has been buzzing. Utkarsh Sood june 29, New Atlas, 29 June 2025 The Sox likely will deal starter Adrian Houser before the trade deadline, in case Hoyer hasn’t heard lately from his Winnetka Starbucks buddy, Sox general manager Chris Getz. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025 Needless to say, England have not been performing at their very best lately. Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for lately
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Adverb
  • Researchers recently uncovered a campaign where 18 browser extensions, all listed on the official Chrome and Edge Web Stores, tracked users’ online activity.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • The music industry organization recently announced that those 10 tracks have collectively moved another nine million equivalent units, factoring in both actual purchases and streams on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and others, adding to the group’s already-impressive cumulative total.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Adverb
  • Leading 1-0 but down two men late on, PSG still pushed for a second goal.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 6 July 2025
  • Posey is building the team in his own image, which was the point late last year when he was given the job.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 6 July 2025
Adverb
  • That leaves The Pitt as the newly re-rechristened HBO Max's only currently running original series.
    Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 10 July 2025
  • Perhaps the most audacious and enduring effort by a Western leader to alter political speech came in 1604 when newly installed King James I of England ordered 47 leading Biblical scholars to develop a new Bible translation.
    Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Adverb
  • That he was moved by Gi-hun and now wants to give her closure and the money her father fairly won?
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
  • So now, many Mexicans and Mexican Americans are choosing to be seen in the loudest, most unmistakable way: by wearing their culture on their sleeves—literally.
    Daisy Maldonado, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Adverb
  • As a result, their bonus pool is just $6.57 million, third lowest among MLB teams.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Officers responded just after 7 p.m. to Truman Road and Missouri 78 Highway on a reported crash.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2025

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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lately. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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