as in recently
not long ago have you been listening to the radio much lately?

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Recent Examples of lately Love it or hate it, yuppie style à la The Official Preppy Handbook is getting a lot of cultural airtime lately: shows like Sirens and The Perfect Couple have lampooned the look, whereas heritage brands such as St. John’s and Bally are seeing a resurgence. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 June 2025 The touring industry has also gotten more competitive lately. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 2 June 2025 That cyclicality has been a big drag on its legacy chip business for an extended period of time, though it’s gotten a little better lately. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 June 2025 Why Are More Americans Interested In Dual Citizenship? Marshall has also noticed a clear trend of more Americans, especially those with significant assets, applying for dual citizenship lately. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for lately
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  • More recently, his brother, King Charles III, tried to persuade Andrew to cut his expenses by leaving his home, Royal Lodge, a sprawling royal estate, and instead, moving to a smaller cottage inside the security perimeter of Windsor Castle.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
  • Only recently—under the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law—has hydrogen regained some federal momentum.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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  • While Buffalo already has an elite roster capable of competing for a championship, the team is now being urged to consider making a major move late in NFL free agency.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • The Pacers trailed by double-digits from late in the second quarter onward.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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  • In addition to the cases that require manual processing, there are people who are now newly eligible to apply for Social Security benefits as a result of the law, Weaver said.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 June 2025
  • Recent stop-outs are newly identified SCNC individuals — those students who have stopped out between January, 2022 and July, 2023; roughly 2.1 million students (about 5.6% of SCNC individuals) are in this group.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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  • The brand now creates looks that pair overshirts with pants, short coats with pants, and outerwear with pants, sold as separates but designed to work cohesively as suiting.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
  • The last scene in the finale, which released on Sunday, showed all the prisoners cheering for him, as he’s now earned the respect of criminals in the mob world.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
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  • Beutel, a computer engineer specializing in mountain monitoring, had just witnessed a glacier collapse.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • But Cyrus, who just released her Something Beautiful audio recording last week, with the visual album set to come out next week, is already looking to the future.
    Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2025

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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lately. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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