as in lately
not long ago I recently purchased a car have you seen her recently?

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Recent Examples of recently Stellantis recently reported a 14% year-on-year downturn in first-quarter net revenues and withdrew its full-year financial guidance due to uncertainties regarding the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth trade policy. Sam Meredith,michael Wayland, CNBC, 28 May 2025 Caitlin Higgins, a frequent traveler who works for an interior design site in Los Angeles, recently experienced the benefits on a flight from Sydney to Wellington, New Zealand. Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 May 2025 They were most recently spotted in a car together leaving David Beckham's 50th birthday party in London May 3. Sharareh Drury, People.com, 16 May 2025 Inflation in Japan had surpassed the BOJ's 2% target for three straight years, coming in most recently at 3.6% in April. Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for recently
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Adverb
  • While Offset felt the need to speak up in this instance, Cardi B has been the more vocal of the two exes lately, venting her frustrations with Offset via various X Spaces chats.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 5 June 2025
  • While Trump has all the power of the American presidency, including 24/7 access to the world’s media, Musk has some advantages in this war of words too: A much bigger social media footprint than Trump and, lately, a willingness to play dirtier than the president.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Adverb
  • The Pacers trailed by double-digits from late in the second quarter onward.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
  • Decker has been newly charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping, according to police.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 June 2025
Adverb
  • 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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