recently
adverb
re·cent·ly
ˈrē-sᵊnt-lē 
Examples of recently in a Sentence
She recently graduated from college.
I was going to paint the room white, but more recently I've been considering a light blue.
I saw him recently for the first time in many years.
Only recently did they decide to move.
Until recently I had no idea where I would end up finding a job.
Recent Examples on the Web
Some of your peers like Mayday Parade and the Maine have also recently gone back to being independent again after years of being in a band.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
Researchers recently uncovered a campaign where 18 browser extensions, all listed on the official Chrome and Edge Web Stores, tracked users’ online activity.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
The music industry organization recently announced that those 10 tracks have collectively moved another nine million equivalent units, factoring in both actual purchases and streams on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and others, adding to the group’s already-impressive cumulative total.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Gladstein most recently served as executive director of Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
Researchers recently uncovered a campaign where 18 browser extensions, all listed on the official Chrome and Edge Web Stores, tracked users’ online activity.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
The music industry organization recently announced that those 10 tracks have collectively moved another nine million equivalent units, factoring in both actual purchases and streams on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and others, adding to the group’s already-impressive cumulative total.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Gladstein most recently served as executive director of Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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“Recently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recently. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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