Olden and Recent

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Olden adjective - Long past.

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Recent and olden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Olden".

Nearby Word: old

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

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

Nearby Words: recently, recency

In "Jaws Wired Shut", Grampa's claim that Sauerkraut used to be known as Liberty Cabbage seems like one of his usual tall-tales about the olden days (perhaps with a hint satire based on the then-recent renaming of French Fries to Freedom Fries).

Source: Aluminum Christmas Trees

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