RECENT

• (noun) approximately the last 10,000 years

  synonyms : holocene , holocene epoch , recent epoch

• (adj.) new

  "recent graduates", "a recent addition to the house", "recent buds on the apple trees"

• (adj.) of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

  "a late development", "their late quarrel", "his recent trip to Africa", "in recent months", "a recent issue of the journal"

  synonyms : late

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