recency
noun
the fact of being recent, of having occurred a relatively short time ago; closeness of a past event to a later past time or to the present.
Example Sentences
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His expertise is measured instead by the number and recentness of trips he has taken to the country.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 15, 2013
The extreme recentness of his inspiration is as enviable as the tale is startling that his productions tell of his being at home, domesticated and initiated, in this wicked and weary world.
From Views and Reviews by Henry James
It is sufficient to have related events which the recentness of your intercourse with her hindered you from knowing but by means of some formal narrative like the present.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
But first, in order that this colossal adventure may be fully grasped, the recentness and the remoteness of Alaska must be emphasized.
From Revolution, and Other Essays by Jack London
The recentness of the death of Rodney's mother gave an adequate excuse for such an arrangement, but the comparative narrowness of the Stantons' domestic resources enforced it.
From The Real Adventure by Raymond Moreau Crosby
