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of late

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  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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Space-related stocks have been unequivocally the big winners of late.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Prices have fallen back recently in response to the declaration of a two-week cease-fire by the U.S. and Iran, but remain much higher than they were before the attacks of late February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

As of late 2024, close to 2,300 gigawatts of wind, solar, storage and other projects were waiting in U.S. interconnection queues, far exceeding the capacity that can realistically be added in the near term.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

She says they have been experimenting with various types of music of late, but "this confidence and feeling good is definitely a theme".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Cregan Karstark had taken to howling in the night of late, and throwing frozen feces at whoever came to feed him.

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

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