Of late and Recent

Of late

Of late adverb - In the recent past.
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Synonyms for Of late

Recent and of late are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Recent" with "Of late", this terms are similar.

Recent

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.

Of late and recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Of late" instead an adjective "Recent".

Nearby Words: recently, recency

Both terms in one sentence

  • The first few books draw from the canon of late 80's cartoon show Captain N: The Game Master, although in more recent years she's broken away from that and focused solely on Mega Man.
  • Recent research has turned up a couple of late 1970s citations that attribute the line to Martin Mull (who started out as a comedic singer-songwriter before becoming better known as an actor).
  • Promoted Fanboy Unfortunately, Masaki Suda, who plays Shotaro's Heterosexual Life-Partner Philip, has of late taken to actively trying to distance himself from the series, which leads to awkwardness in more recent crossovers when Kiriyama reprises his role but no mention is made of Philip.
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