Recent means Having happened a short while ago. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like late or past.
Recent meaning
- Having happened a short while ago.
- Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
- Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
Example sentences (20)
A statement added: “We know recent events and some of our recent actions have contributed to concerns felt by many.
Part of the recent decline in cattle weight can be explained by the mix of animals going to market in recent years.
The recent and not-so-recent restrictions are confusing, because there are different rules for different airlines.
For simplicity, let’s compare the most recent midterm cycle, 2022, with the most recent presidential cycle, 2020.
Our most recent win at London Road came in February 2002 and in keeping with our recent visits there, it was dramatic.
A recent video showed a magpie mimicking the sound of firetrucks, which it had incessantly heard in recent days.
The includes workbooks and summaries of her recent memoir, some published days before her most recent release.
One of the most exciting recent trends of recent years has been the rediscovery of once-forgotten local grape varieties.
Conspiracy theorists are branding the recent mpox outbreak a “scamdemic” in a recent social media wave of misinformation.
The recent pickup in bond yields follows recent encouraging data on residential construction, homebuying and retail sales.
In a recent tweet, Schiff claimed that Bitcoin is underperforming against gold, despite the recent spike in Bitcoin prices.
His recent, belated sequel returned to these characters while commenting somewhat on where the genre has gone in recent years.
Despite his recent claim of believing in “truth over facts,” he has been showing an alarming disregard for both in recent weeks.
Hall cited recent gross domestic product improvement, the recent federal tax cut and an uptick in national economic performance.
Humberto Carillo-cousin of Garza and recent foe-ran to the ring to attack Garza because of recent comments Garza made towards him.
Fauci has also been attacked by Trump’s team in recent weeks, and was not even invited to some of the recent coronavirus briefings.
The recent proposal builds on another recent administration policy allowing insurance companies to offer so-called insurance plans.
A recent survey by Amárach has reported a sharp decline in mental wellbeing in recent months as many emotional needs aren’t being met.
In recent years, Ocean Colour Scene have released numbers live albums and their most recent studio album Painting was released in 2013.
Recent intolerant remarks, which caused two UCP candidates to resign in recent weeks, will likely be brought up as well, Williams said.
Phrases with recent
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with recent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in recent 73×
- most recent 60×
- the recent 49×
- recent years 28×
- to recent 25×
- recent filing 15×
- recent weeks 13×
- recent months 8×
- of recent 8×
- more recent 8×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word recent. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.