Synonyms

recently

American

[ree-suhnt-lee] / ˈri sənt li /

adverb

a relatively short time ago, or during the last short while; lately.

It wasn't something I had really thought about until recently, when we discussed it in one of my Media classes.
Recently there has been a lot of interest in the use of computer games as innovative educational tools.

Other Word Forms

quasi-recently adverb

Etymology

Origin of recently

recent ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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More recently, the company has been experimenting with different product assortments and storytelling in some stores, and said it has seen improved traffic as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company recently announced it’s laying off 65 employees in May, and let go of 89 other workers in January.

From Los Angeles Times

Anthropic recently accidentally released part of its internal source code for Claude Code due to "human error".

From BBC

Their team, Venetian Blinds, has won several contests, most recently an IQ test of 100 granular questions that the event organizer said took months to develop.

From The Wall Street Journal

Few are like Cliffwater, which until recently was an investor darling but now finds itself in the hot seat.

From The Wall Street Journal

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