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01. The children are still suffering greatly from the stress of their parents' [recent] divorce.
02. The weather had been really bad for quite a while, but [recently] it has started to warm up a bit.
03. Howard's wife has been ill [recently], so I don't think they'll be able to come to the party.
04. This week's storm is the most severe in [recent] history.
05. The [recent] increase in crime in the area is being blamed on gangs of white youths.
06. The Prime Minister said in a [recent] newspaper interview that he was considering calling an election before the end of the summer.
07. Brishkai brought some beautiful souvenirs back from her [recent] trip to Paris.
08. He has been sick for a while, but is looking much better [recently].
09. There was an interesting article about my favorite band in a [recent] issue of a popular music magazine.
10. Have you heard from your brother [recently]?
11. [Recent] decades in Jamaica have seen the development of a number of tourist towns.
12. Until [recently], Niger's history was passed orally from one generation to another.
13. Richard Dawkins has observed that our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and gorillas is much more [recent] than their common ancestor with the orangutan.
14. Our planet has only [recently] emerged from an ice age.

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  • récent — récent, ente [ resɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1450 « nouveau, 1. frais »; lat. recens, entis ♦ Qui s est produit ou qui existe depuis peu de temps; proche dans le passé. Des photos récentes. Une construction récente. ⇒ moderne. Événements récents. Un homme… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • recent — RECÉNT, Ă, recenţi, te, adj. Care s a petrecut, s a întâmplat, a apărut de curând; care datează de puţină vreme; nou, proaspăt. – Din fr. récent, lat. recens, ntis. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 30.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  Recent ≠ vechi Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • récent — récent, ente (ré san, san t ) adj. 1°   Nouvellement fait ou arrivé. •   L exemple récent d une reine que la France admirera éternellement, FLÉCH. Mar. Thér.. •   Songez.... Au meurtre tout récent du malheureux Osman, RAC. Bajaz. II, 1.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Recent — Re cent (r[=e] sent), a. [L. recens, entis: cf. F. r[ e]cent.] 1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recent — I adjective fresh, lately, new, newly arrived, not long past, novel, of recent occurrence, up to date associated concepts: in recent memory, recent possession, recently II index current, novel …   Law dictionary

  • recent — RECENT, [rec]ente. adj. Nouveau, nouvellement fait, nouvellement arrivé. Mettre un appareil sur une playe pendant qu elle est encore recente. cela est d une escriture toute recente. plus ces drogues là sont recentes, & meilleures elles sont. elle …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • recent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having happened or been done lately; belonging to a period of time not long ago. 2) (Recent) Geology another term for HOLOCENE(Cf. ↑Holocene). DERIVATIVES recently adverb. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • recent — [rē′sənt] adj. [MFr < L recens < re , again + IE base * ken , emerge freshly, new > Gr kainos, new] 1. done, made, etc. just before the present time; modern; new 2. of a time just before the present 3. [R ] designating or of the Holocene …   English World dictionary

  • Recent — (v. lat.), neu, frisch; recente Formation, so v.w. Alluvium; Recentioren, die Neueren, bes. neueren Schriftsteller …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Recent — Recent, s. Rezent …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • recent — (adj.) 1530s, from L. recentem (nom. recens) lately done or made, new, fresh, from re (see RE (Cf. re )) + PIE root *ken fresh, new, young (Cf. Gk. kainos new; Skt. kanina young; O.Ir. cetu first; O.C.S …   Etymology dictionary

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