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Recent Examples of recently
The disappointment is palpable in a team that won the World Series as recently as four years ago and has veteran skipper Brian Snitker, in the last year of his contract, looking toward retirement.
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
Most recently, officials detained 361 reported unlawful immigrants in a raid on two marijuana farms in Ventura County.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 July 2025
This year’s cannabis experience and awards competition recently added blunts, hash and chocolates to its roster of subcategories for a total of 50.
—Kat Tran
updated July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have recently been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
Most recently, officials detained 361 reported unlawful immigrants in a raid on two marijuana farms in Ventura County.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 July 2025
This year’s cannabis experience and awards competition recently added blunts, hash and chocolates to its roster of subcategories for a total of 50.
—Kat Tran
updated July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have recently been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recently
Adverb
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Consider the recent struggles of The Gap and J Crew, to name but two former success stories that have lately found the going hard.—
Roger Trapp,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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But lately his tone deafness is so jarring that even the political party that used to regard him as royalty is starting to get sick of him.—
Grace Curley,
Boston Herald,
21 July 2025
Adverb
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Team ups between rival companies are rare, and this marks a notable alliance following Mondelēz failed takeover attempt of Hershey late last year.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration's top official has left the agency after nearly three months as Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, a government spokesperson said late on Tuesday.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
Adverb
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Cena did not change anything about himself and blamed the fans for his newly nefarious ways.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The president is newly flush with billions in funding and wants to deport 1 million people annually with the help of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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After over 30 years in the spotlight, Whitley’s creative momentum is stronger than ever, and she’s just getting started.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
26 July 2025
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Musk has slowly moved his businesses away from California, opening a headquarters for Tesla just outside of Austin and establishing offices for SpaceX, The Boring Co., Neuralink and X in Texas.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
26 July 2025
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“Recently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recently. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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