recent event

collocation in English

meaningsofrecentandevent

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recent
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.sənt/us
/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofrecentandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrecent event

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Respondents were asked how long ago the mostrecenteventhad occurred.
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As with many political organizations, arecenteventinspired this assembly as well as longer-standing concerns and grievances.
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Therefore, the enlargement on this side of the water is a relativelyrecentevent.
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And while we are praising this morerecentevent, we must not forget some of the remarkable achievements of last summer.
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It is too early to draw conclusions from thisrecentevent.
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That is just arecentevent, which shows that this kind of trend continues.
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The mostrecenteventin the saga was that construction was promised to begin in the summer of 1976.
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That will be understood, because this is arecenteventand our figures do not cover this period.
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That was the firstrecenteventwhich shook to its foundations the nuclear deterrent with which we had lived these last 30 years.
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We must not be discouraged by anyrecenteventfrom going ahead with it.
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The 1947 flood was the mostrecenteventon a comparable scale.
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As this is our first full defence debate since thatrecenteventit is right to offer him warm congratulations here.
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He also reminded us about the rundown of services in rural areas, which is not arecentevent, but one which has been going on for a long time.
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Many other measures could and should be taken to give future protection, but that does not compensate for the suffering caused by this mostrecentevent.
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Gorbachev was wrong about that, and that is the mainrecenteventthat we must take on board in this country.
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It is arecentevent.
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The mostrecentevent, occurring in 2013, raised $720,151.
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The mostrecentevent(held in 2006) cost over $350,000, and the cost estimate for 2012 was almost $400,000.
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Anyone who attempts to capitalize on thisrecenteventin an effort to destroy the best meat ever will fail.
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The entrance, though, is blocked up by a large boulder (from arecentevent).
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