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      recency
      noun
      the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
      a time immediately before the present
      Roots
      recensrec- · Latin · fresh, newentia-ency · Latin · state, quality
      Words related to recency
      recentnessnnewnessnnovitynnoveltynfreshnessnrelevancynpastnessncurrentnessnmodernnessncontemporaneousnessnsaliencenneophiliacontemporaneityntopicalitynstalenessnoldnessnrelevancentimelinessncoetaneousadjneophobicadjsaliencynrecentadj

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