Now
Now adjective - Keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment.
Recent
Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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That, and the recent events provides some Ship Tease with her human ,now half-Einst, commander Axel Almer... (Axel-Lamia is in fact one of the more recent Fan-Preferred Couple)
Source: Cargo Ship - In the most recent installment, Space Battleship Yamato: Ressurection, Sanada (now head of the EDF) now outranks his old captain, Kodai
Source: Ensemble Darkhorse / Anime -
Made even better with the recent polycount update, where the sniper now has a tranquilizer rifle; Only instead of tranquilizer, the darts are filled with Jarate.
Source: Urine Trouble
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Recent and Now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/recent
Now & Recent. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/recent>.
Recent or Now. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/recent.
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