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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of late

Peltola was leading in that race as of late Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

A study published this year by researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and other universities found that, as of late last year, Google returned AI Overviews for 51.5% of queries.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

O'Neill was also asked about the amount of changes that had been made to his team of late.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

She said she had not yet responded as of late Friday, but was in contact with her county counsel and “colleagues around the state who received similar letters today.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The orange light of late afternoon is attached to her.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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