RECENTNESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

recentness

noun

as in currentness

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Noun

Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.

— Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.

— Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025

Definition of progressiveness

Noun

The attacks are examples of how Kyiv has used drone innovation as a key part of its response to the invasion by its much bigger enemy more than four years ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Advocates of these changes argue that resources should be redirected toward faster innovation and greater efficiency.

— H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of innovation

Noun

At 11/2, Liverpool are third-favourites to win the 2026/27 Premier League title, reflecting how much talent is still at the club even after the departure of some key figures.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Sacramento Regional Transit will adjust six bus routes beginning Sunday, including delaying departure times and eliminating one early-morning trip from Florin.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of departure

Noun

More capacity in a misaligned organization accelerates divergence, and aligned sponsors watching an overloaded team still get a stall.

— Leslie Ellis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Both the moving average convergence divergence and relative strength index, known respectively as MACD and RSI, continue to trend higher.

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of divergence

Noun

Every last member of the Chiefs’ offensive line is familiar with Benson’s, well, unfamiliarity with a starting job in their first NFL training camp.

— Sam McDowell August 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
The reasons are many, ranging from the slow adoption of new medical technologies, to many urologists’ unfamiliarity with interpreting MRI scans, to the loss of income from doing fewer biopsies.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfamiliarity

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