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recent

re.cent \'re-s-*nt\ aj [MF or L; MF, fr. L recent-, recens; akin to Gk 
   kainos new] 1a: of or relating to a time not long past  1b: having lately 
   come into existence : NEW, FRESH  cap  2: of, relating to, or being the 
   present or Post-pleistocene geologic epoc h - re.cent.ly av