recent development

collocation in English

meaningsofrecentanddevelopment

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recent
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.sənt/
us
/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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development
noun
uk
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
us
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofrecentanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therecentdevelopmentof targeted expression of transgenes in the nervous system allows more precise manipulation of male courtship behaviour.
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My purpose is to synthesizerecentdevelopmentin non-linear dynamics and make them relevant to the better understanding of political behaviour.
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Recentdevelopmentin methods of capturing data (digital techniques) have reduced the problem of measuring small-scale traits accurately.
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The available data on this is as yet quite minimal due to the veryrecentdevelopmentof the device.
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An importantrecentdevelopmentin the study of orthographies has been attention to mappings of larger sub-syllabic units.
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This approach is the mostrecentdevelopmentin calculating free energies of biomolecules.
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With regard to protein antigens, therecentdevelopmentof recombinant antigens has contributed to an improvement in serodiagnostic examination.
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The at times almost somnambulistic certainty with which so many theorists of trauma now emphasize the importance of shame is a strikingrecentdevelopment.
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A much morerecentdevelopmentin both settlements is apiculture.
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Thanks to therecentdevelopmentof laser techniques and experimental optics we can obtain pulses with picosecond and femtosecond durations.
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We will try to expound the various aspects of therecentdevelopmentand applications in this direction.
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The morerecentdevelopmentof the theory of strong reciprocity offers a compatible if not more cogent explanation.
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He argued that abstract art was a relativelyrecentdevelopmentwhich therefore made any sound judgement difficult.
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As these examples show, reliance on such institutions is not just arecentdevelopment.
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Ultimately these advances have led to therecentdevelopmentof specific treatment regimens for some of the mucopolysaccharidoses, in the form of direct enzyme replacement.
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However, at various times in therecentdevelopmentof phonological theory the distinction between consonants and vowels has been eliminated.
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Arecentdevelopmentis the differentiation of constituent structures in terms of parsing influences.
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The consideration of unstructured grids is a relativelyrecentdevelopmentin ocean modelling.
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The general impression that this book leaves is that the enrichment of an indigenous community is a veryrecentdevelopment.
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