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

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of late

Not for the first time of late, all eyes will certainly be on the city.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

But stocks have still underwhelmed of late: The S&P 500 dropped 0.1% Wednesday and is roughly flat this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

And they have been strong choices of late.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Jobs are hard to find for the young and unemployed; high mortgage rates are depressing home sales; and, of late, inflation has again been rampant.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

But I said that the spirit of that speech had not been much in evidence of late.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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