Collocations for "recent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "recent" in context.
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recent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a recent [development, discovery, addition, study]
- recent [developments] in
- the most recent [additions, update]
- recent [surveys, polls, results] suggest that
- according to (the most) recent [surveys]
- recent [changes, updates] took effect on
- (clear) recent [searches, purchases]
- in a recent [article, release, report]
- [and, but] in other recent news
- in recent [years, times, weeks]
- have been [many, few] in recent [years]
- not in the recent past
- in light of recent events
- [get, buy] the most recent
'recent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acquisition
- activity
- addition
- balloon
- benefit
- body
- calm
- cap
- collate
- compound
- curtail
- curve
- death
- discourse
- discussion
- downturn
- explode
- form
- graduate
- happening
- history
- improve
- interview
- memory
- merger
- moon
- most
- onset
- onslaught
- ordered
- past
- phenomenon
- poll
- pressing
- query
- quite a
- repeat
- significantly
- state
- status
- surge
- transaction
- trend
- witness