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  1. Is there a good synonym for "recency"? - English Language & Usage …

    As far as recency is concerned, recentness appears to be the only synonym available. However, from what I understand from your question, temporal proximity is what fits your need best.

  2. What word refers to how recent something is?

    Jun 12, 2019 · Freshness can represent recency or relative newness. From Oxford Learner's Dictionary: [uncountable] the fact of being made or experienced recently Based on the freshness of the tyre …

  3. Single word(s) that describes all activity sorted by recency

    1 We are struggling to find the correct word (s) that describes a list of all messages in the system that are sorted by recency. Trending does not work because what we are displaying is not what is …

  4. Is there a better word than "just" for describing the recency of an event?

    So, in the US, we make ample use of the word "just" in a context such as: "I just finished my homework." (I finished my homework very recently -- perhaps immediately preceding this statement) or "...

  5. meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dictionary definitions of all three are very similar, typically something like: a pithy observation which contains a general truth But the Wikipedia entries for each are quite different. Are these

  6. expressions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 22, 2017 · It’s something of an inverse recency illusion. What happens to people who want to read yesterday’s newspaper? The existing English language didn't die when today’s kindergarteners were …

  7. Which is correct, "neither is" or "neither are"?

    I don’t have time at the moment, but if someone else is in the mood for some corpus or n -gram searching (or can find someone who’s already done the research), it would be very interesting to …

  8. What is the term for when you become more aware of something?

    Feb 21, 2014 · What makes the person aware of this thing is that they previously had the notion that it was rare, and have only recently noticed that it's commoner than they thought it was. This is called …

  9. Did the slang term "The Bomb" meaning "Very Cool" come from the ...

    I also very much thought the term was more modern than the Jazz Era, but I could be falling for the recency fallacy there. Then again, considering that the atomic bomb was dropped in the 40's it's …

  10. Usage of the word "itself" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 18, 2011 · I would say "just yesterday" and "just this morning": these are not quite the same meaning, as they are emphasising how recent the time was, whereas I interpret the original remarks …