recentness

Example Sentences

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His expertise is measured instead by the number and recentness of trips he has taken to the country.

From Newsweek • Apr. 15, 2013

The astonishing recentness of much of our most important knowledge is nowhere better illustrated than in the case of typhoid.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

But first, in order that this colossal adventure may be fully grasped, the recentness and the remoteness of Alaska must be emphasized. 

From Revolution, and Other Essays by London, Jack

The recentness of the death of Rodney's mother gave an adequate excuse for such an arrangement, but the comparative narrowness of the Stantons' domestic resources enforced it.

From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

The extreme recentness of his inspiration is as enviable as the tale is startling that his productions tell of his being at home, domesticated and initiated, in this wicked and weary world.

From Views and Reviews by James, Henry