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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Attendance diminished in recent years as the Wizards tore down their roster in the hopes of accumulating draft picks in trades and losing enough games to win early picks via the annual draft lottery.
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 May 2026
His recent translations from the Russian include major works by Gaito Gazdanov, Irina Odoevtseva, Boris Poplavsky and Yuri Felsen.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
The results track with other recent independent polls that suggested Democrats were coalescing around Becerra, a former California Attorney General, and Republicans around Hilton, a former senior advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron who moved to California in 2012.
—John Woolfolk, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Cook’s recent retirement, and the debate over his legacy, offers a powerful case study in what happens when institutional optimization and personal values collide.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 May 2026
His recent translations from the Russian include major works by Gaito Gazdanov, Irina Odoevtseva, Boris Poplavsky and Yuri Felsen.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
The results track with other recent independent polls that suggested Democrats were coalescing around Becerra, a former California Attorney General, and Republicans around Hilton, a former senior advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron who moved to California in 2012.
—John Woolfolk, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Cook’s recent retirement, and the debate over his legacy, offers a powerful case study in what happens when institutional optimization and personal values collide.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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