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Recent

adjective

New. "A recent addition to the house" , "Recent buds on the apple trees"

Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time. Synonym: late. "Their late quarrel" , "His recent trip to Africa" , "In recent months" , "A recent issue of the journal"

noun

Approximately the last 10,000 years. Synonyms: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch.

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— The Parables of Our Lord • William Arnot

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