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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; modern; as, recent news.

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New 84% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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New 84% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Past 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Past 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Recency 74% connected

The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.

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Recency 74% connected

The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.

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Recentness 74% connected

Quality or state of being recent.

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Recentness 74% connected

Quality or state of being recent.

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Late 92% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Alate adverb · 78% connection

Lately; of late.

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Antedate noun · 78% connection

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

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Antiquation noun · 78% connection

The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.

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Arise verb · 78% connection

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to as…

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Ceroplastics noun · 78% connection

the art of modeling in wax.; "Although too late in date for Piranesi to have been directly influenced by this set, the Italian origins…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligati…

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Conodont noun · 78% connection

small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; l…

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Date noun · 78% connection

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

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Epoch noun · 78% connection

An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, ar…

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Excuse verb · 78% connection

serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divor…

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Existence noun · 78% connection

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the…

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Explain verb · 78% connection

serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divor…

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Fresh superl · 78% connection

Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition…

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Great superl. · 78% connection

Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line…

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Ideate noun · 78% connection

The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

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Latterly adverb · 78% connection

Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.

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Like verb · 78% connection

To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a.

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