recent past
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecentandpast
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recent
adjective
uk/ˈriː.sənt/us/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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past
noun[S]
uk/pɑːst/us/pæst/
the period before and until, but not including, the ...
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(Definition ofrecentandpastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrecent past
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Most of the current andrecentpastliterature of the history of science, however, fits this taxonomy.
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It has, in therecentpast, been excessively concerned with the social characteristics, experiences, views and maladies o cohorts of retired people.
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In comparison to the racial politics of therecentpast, affirmative action has evoked much broader opposition among the white public.
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They also claim the kin they choose, dismissing therecentpast, for now, like a bad dream.
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In fact, it has increased over therecentpast.
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This article puts forward some explanations for the repression of therecentpast.
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In therecentpast, the authors have been working on it.
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And, in turn, the nature of this future may occasion a further re-evaluation of the past - both the remote and the morerecentpast.
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The utilization of this large amount of energy and its relation to cerebral function forms a fascinating research narrative of therecentpast.
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In therecentpast, however, this scarcity may have been aggravated by restrictions on collecting fuelwood from woodlots.
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Even well substantiated cases from the morerecentpastare often hard to decipher.
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This is the opposite of the marginalisation experienced by many architects in therecentpast.
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In therecentpast, while evaluating the demographic impact of family planning programmes, the importance of contraceptive prevalence has typically been stressed.
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These connections vary in strength due to the combined effects of the child's prior experience, justrecentpast, and immediate context.
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And it is not only therecentpastthat makes this clear.
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Nor does he hold any particular party as being responsible for all the mishaps of therecentpast.
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However, farmers now rely less on these machines, which are now old and decrepit, than they did in therecentpast.
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His account of therecentpast, however, yields fewer historical surprises or original insights, perhaps because the contemporary intellectual context is our own cultural milieu.
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Memoirs brought together therecentpastand the future, instead of the immediate future-present and the future, or the recent past and the distant past.
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