recency
noun
re·cen·cy
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Definition of recency
: the quality or state of being recent
Examples of recency in a Sentence
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That his achievement had been overlooked by the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame’s selection committee for more than half a century may be attributed to recency bias. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Class project pays off with Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame honor for Willis Lee," 20 Aug. 2019 Watson, Qualley, Farmiga and Blake have recency bias on their side, and Arquette is a formidable double nominee. — Los Angeles Times, "Emmy predictions: ‘When They See Us,’ ‘Chernobyl’ offer voters hard choices," 20 Aug. 2019 For that reason, the veteran evaluator is trying to resist allowing recency bias to guide his decisions. — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, "Dave Dombrowski: ‘We have a club that has a chance to win’," 13 June 2019 But sometimes these things need to be said, and sometimes, very occasionally, celebrating recent accomplishments doesn't equate to foolish recency bias. — SI.com, "UEFA Nations League Victory Would Crown Greatest Ever Year for English Football," 4 June 2019 The complexity of election decisions is why recency bias can make elections oversensitive to events nearest in time to the vote. — Jennifer Victor, Vox, "What good are elections, anyway?," 30 Oct. 2018 While such a tragic spate is unprecedented in speed climbing on El Capitan, recency forces contemplation. — Kelly Cordes, Outside Online, "Even Tommy Caldwell Questioned the Nose Speed Record," 13 June 2018 Considering the state of the state's finances and the recency of the last renovation (2011), a Superdome renovation sounds like a want rather than a need or a must, to use Sean Payton parlance. — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, "Landing 2024 Super Bowl is first step in a series of big ones for New Orleans sports," 26 May 2018 Well, our brains are basically set up for recency bias. — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: In Praise of 10 Superbly Written TV Series," 23 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'recency.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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