of late

Idioms  

1. Recently, lately, as in She's been very quiet of late; is something wrong? This idiom uses late as a noun instead of an adjective, a usage dating from about 1250. The idiom dates from the early 1400s.

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Example Sentences

Of late, Woods' primary influence has been off the course, chairing the PGA Tour's Future Competitions Committee.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Of late, falling oil prices have hit Chevron’s bottom line, but Chief Executive Mike Wirth vowed that the company would post higher earnings into the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Of late, investors scrounging for stocks have preferred junk —smaller companies with poor fundamentals and exorbitant valuations—over quality companies with healthy sales and earnings growth, solid balance sheets, and more attractive prices.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

“We’ve done some things well offensively this year. Of late, we’ve been certainly too inconsistent. And that’s what we have to look at here.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Of late, whenever he knelt to drink from a still pool, he saw a stranger’s face gazing up from the water’s depths.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Related Words

• anew
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