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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
That’s not recency bias, either.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Data from our company's research shows that in the AI search environment, structure and recency are key.
—Manick Bhan, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The recency of the Jan. 3 game will certainly favor the Seahawks, particularly since that game was in Santa Clara while Saturday’s will be back at Lumen Field.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
That’s not recency bias, either.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Data from our company's research shows that in the AI search environment, structure and recency are key.
—Manick Bhan, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The recency of the Jan. 3 game will certainly favor the Seahawks, particularly since that game was in Santa Clara while Saturday’s will be back at Lumen Field.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Recency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recency. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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recency
noun
re·cen·cy
ˈrēs-ᵊn-sē 
: the state of being recent
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