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

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Recent Examples of recently Bieber’s close friend Kendall Jenner has been open about her own struggles with acne—recently, becoming an ambassador for Therabody’s new LED mask, the TheraFace Mask Glo. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025 And the African Union’s Minerals Development Center stated recently that new huge specialist rare earth mines are due to come online by 2029 in Tanzania, Angola, Malawi and South Africa, and potentially yield almost 10% of the world’s supply. Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025 Gibson retired six years ago from FedEx, and Hoffert retired from Qualcomm more recently. Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025 Only recently did their stories diverge. Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recently
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  • But lately, some patients have had difficulty with this device.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Bills are coming off a bye and are on the road, against veteran backup QB Andy Dalton and the Carolina Panthers, but Buffalo hasn’t looked like itself lately, losing two straight entering Week 8.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Stone, who rocked a daring pixie cut during awards season, has also been making headlines for her style as of late — particularly for opening up about shaving her head for her role in Bugonia.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To be fair, Rainbow Kitten Surprise managed to show up late last year for an indoor gig at Boise State’s ExtraMile Arena.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Mike Kennedy, ex-Harley-Davidson exec, will assume the role of CEO of the newly independent organization.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Lest there is any doubt, Ellison does want to buy all the WBD assets, including CNN, even though Warner is newly willing to sell pieces, sources with knowledge of the talks said.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • In terms of competition, though, Huawei is the alpha dog in Chinese AI chips, shipping between 300,000 and 400,000 of its Ascend AI chips last year, compared to just north of 10,000 units from Cambricon.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The storm is due to drift west Saturday and could move on to, or just south of Jamaica, early next week.
    Josh Cradduck, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025

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