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Recent

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) 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.

(2):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Recent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/recent.html. 1828.