recent history
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecentandhistory
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recent
adjective
uk/ˈriː.sənt/us/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofrecentandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But he does light upon a principle which has assumed growing significance in therecenthistoryof federal theory.
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Therecenthistoryof music scholarship provides a large part of the context for the reception of the volumes under consideration here.
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Migration processes inrecenthistoryhave stimulated social and scientific interest in the literacy development of minority groups.
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And when the music scene in general has in that time asserted itself as one of the most labour-intense growth industries ofrecenthistory?
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Some episodes inrecenthistoryare too uncomfortable to be admitted, so they are censored out.
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He died suddenly at seven years following arecenthistoryof diarrhoea.
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In the mesoscopic case, plasmid copy number deviations are instead likely to have been closer to steady state in therecenthistory.
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Finally, there are features of all these lands which are essential to consider in any overview of theirrecenthistory.
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Although the species is not widely considered to be endangered, southern populations are likely to be genetically impoverished as a result of theirrecenthistory.
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But he knew therecenthistoryof the men to whom he was extending olive branches.
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A crucial consideration here is the power of modern telecommunications, which have become available only inrecenthistory.
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It may be ironic, therefore, that to this reviewer the most interesting chapters in the book are those that deal with the mostrecenthistory.
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None of the persons had arecenthistoryof jaundice or clinical illness.
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Recenthistoryalso suggests that it may have little option but to concede ground.
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Chapters 1-5 provide an excellent summary ofrecenthistoryand current knowledge.
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Such is the essence of memory: the state of the system depends on therecenthistoryof the system.
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A few contributions, particularly those that recount the discipline's morerecenthistory, tend toward a mere chronicle of events.
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These results clearly showed that the cell's response to a motion pulse depended strongly on therecenthistoryof stimulus directions.
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