How to Use recently in a Sentence

recently

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  • I saw him recently for the first time in many years.
  • Only recently did they decide to move.
  • I was going to paint the room white, but more recently I've been considering a light blue.
  • Until recently I had no idea where I would end up finding a job.
  • She recently graduated from college.
  • Her coach had recently been let go.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
  • My friends recently viewed the full moon from there and had a great time.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Who has recently joined the board?
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • There has been a wave of teacher strikes in the state recently.
    — Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • But what until recently felt like dumb fun now feels just dumb.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The three of them have recently been spotted in puff-sleeve pieces.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • My own child had a birthday recently, his third.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • My mother has recently had a few falls.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But recently Neuheisel changed her mind.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • That has been the story in many games, whether at the start of the run or more recently.
    — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Law is the second scout to leave the Nets recently.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • And Marino recently met with me to go through his.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Shares hit a record high as recently as Tuesday.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • He was recently asked about raising taxes on the rich.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Complaints have been filed again recently.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And then, most recently, our father.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This was most recently on show against Barnet in April.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Nike recently closed its store on Broadway.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But the miscarriage had happened very recently, and the pain was just too raw.
    — Glamour, 9 July 2024
  • Ye said his mental health had improved recently.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
  • War-time damage to the buildings seen in the video suggests it has been filmed recently.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But those fine details recently came into play.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But recently, chefs and bartenders have been teasing flavor from the greens alone.
    — New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Trump recently made major changes to the White House.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • More recently, heavy rain alone has begun to produce the same effect.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

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