adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
newly/recently married (= married not long ago )
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The newly married couple arrived at their hotel.
only yesterday/last week/recently
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‘When did you email her?’ ‘Only yesterday.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
announce
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The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties both recently announced their Net plans for the nation.
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Disney recently announced that it will cut its movie production in the next year, possibly in half.
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The Banks are fully aware of and fully supportive of the measures which we have recently announced .
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Emap recently announced the creation of Emap Digital which will support the development of all group investments in internet and new media.
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So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.
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The Secretary of State announced recently his intention to accelerate the introduction of an appraisal scheme for teachers.
become
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But some decidedly dated machinery recently became the talk of the site.
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He succeeds Marvin Weiner, who recently became chairman.
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Bear in mind that the densely planted tank has only recently become popular.
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Strikes have recently become more frequent.
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Women's writing in the period has recently become an area of scholarly interest.
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She recently became a spokeswoman for the cause of reducing heart disease in women.
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The point is important, because conservation has recently become the subject of fierce debate.
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Spinoffs have recently become all the rage, fueled by favorable tax treatment and evidence that shareholders benefit.
begin
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Social studies textbooks have only comparatively recently begun to include gender as an area of study alongside social class or ethnicity.
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I had recently begun catechism classes in preparation for my first communion.
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A further central belief has recently begun to appear as equivocal, namely loyalism itself.
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Sanders is among dozens of activists who recently began calling themselves the Back Country Coalition.
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However, the torturers have recently begun to talk.
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The city recently began the work of condemning easements for utilities.
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This is an insight that western medicine has only recently begun to acknowledge.
buy
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He recently bought all his music rights.
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He had recently bought a huge house there with a garden which bordered on the river, directly opposite Botolph's Wharf.
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The decision coincided with reports that at least four Cornish skippers had recently bought drift nets of up to four miles long.
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In Britain, its fifth-largest market, the company recently bought Malvern Water.
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I have recently bought five, but I don't know the Latin name.
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Gucci recently bought a two-thirds stake in Bottega Veneta, simply because the Brits have made it hip.
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By contrast, only about one-third of those recently buying on credit gave reasons which could be regarded as positively favourable.
complete
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He recently completed a commission for the banqueting suite at 10 Downing Street.
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Williams recently completed probation after a 1994 drunk driving charge.
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We have modified the recently completed St Jude protocol to withhold systemic antimetabolites during radiotherapy.
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It was the recently completed football stadium that captured his imagination.
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Steve recently completed the daunting task of photographing 100 leading western philosophers.
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The maker of hair-care and other personal-care products recently completed its first year under a younger generation of family managers.
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Mr Epperson says the company soon could see its sales grow as a result of a recently completed redesign of AutoZone stores.
discover
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Mr Moore had recently discovered how lucrative preventive dentistry could be, and Mrs Moore was dressed accordingly.
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Morrison said Apple had recently discovered flawed chips on the computers' main circuit boards could make them freeze up.
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Three bodies were recently discovered at Simrudu police station, close to where the 15 villagers were murdered.
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A second problem emerged with the need to construct lightweight vessels to contain the recently discovered gas helium.
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The world was run, he had recently discovered , by approximations, rules of thumb, and half steps.
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I have recently discovered that even the profession of accountant isn't a bar.
introduce
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The Employment Service has recently introduced guidance on standards of dress and the Benefits Agency has introduced a range of distinctive dress.
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They have recently introduced a new three course menu which at around £19 per person is excellent value for money.
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Measures have been introduced recently in the spheres of employment and social security.
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Indeed, Infolink has recently introduced Reportline, a document-ordering service to supplement the immediate availability of online commercial information.
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The company has recently introduced a five-day option in response to criticism that they were not paying quickly enough.
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Fort Sterling has recently introduced toilet tissue and paper towels made from 100 percent recycled paper.
move
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Deborah had only recently moved to the village of Wyching.
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He recently moved from his house near Ina and Shannon to one near his store.
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I've recently moved into a village which has a rector.
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They crossed merrily over the bridge into Marin, to which Anastasia and her friends had recently moved .
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In this case, a 45 year old woman with a large family had recently moved into the area.
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Creek recently moved to Hope, Ark.
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One company had recently moved from the centre of London and had curtailed its use of libraries.
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The human service center recently moved from leased space into a new, county-owned building in downtown Grand Forks.
open
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He has recently opened a branch of his Leipzig gallery Eigen &038; Art in the city's Scheunenviertel district.
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One in Clinton, Okla., recently opened at the cost of $ 1 million.
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Some camps have recently opened nurseries for women who wish to keep their children with them.
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A Boston Market restaurant recently opened at the corner of Rose Street.
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Having worked as a freelance for a while, she had recently opened an office in Geneva.
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Quinn, 26, recently opened a piano lounge called Goldfingers in Hollywood.
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It has recently opened two new stores, each employing 300 people, at Leicester and Thurrock, in Essex.
publish
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It has recently published its prospectus for 1992-93, and I will send my hon. Friend a copy.
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Californians' degree of support for the process is reflected in the results of a survey recently published by the Field Poll.
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An increasing number of studies using faeces as a sample source have been published recently .
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The National Cancer Institute has recently published new easy-to-understand, large-print publications on cancer prevention and treatment.
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They have also recently published a catalogue of all the safety standards and levels for woodworkers.
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He recently published a book on the labour camp where his weight fell from 13 stone to just five.
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This discovery, which was recently published in the journal Nature, has come out of a fifteen-year research programme.
receive
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We can highlight an example of this in an extract from a letter recently received by the company.
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University collections have recently received several valuable works of this kind.
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I recently received a letter from a prisoner who was seeking my help.
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Simpson's own practice recently received a computer disc from an unnamed council containing the names of over 5,000 defaulters.
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Ricky had recently received a small legacy and with this had bought an Opel car with a convertible roof.
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She recently received an award from the Campaign for Freedom of Information.
release
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On June 10 the Interior Ministry announced that 2,000 detainees had been recently released , in addition to those released gradually since March.
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Consumer confidence rose to a 28-year high in May, according to figures released recently . t week.
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Probation workers work with people in prison or recently released from prison, helping to ensure they do not reoffend.
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Microsoft recently released versions of Internet Explorer for the Macintosh and Windows 3. 1.
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Their joint contribution would have warranted a commemorative book, had not one by chance bearing their names already been recently released .
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Only the most recently released 1 percent of the gases remain today.
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It recently released a list of conditions upon which the round's success depends.
report
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Although the pulsed dye laser is often considered of limited value in mature portwine stain, Tan has recently reported excellent results.
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An obvious example was reported recently in Tennessee.
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Business analysts have recently reported favourably on both sides of the business because of the efficiency measures which are being taken.
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Money fund assets will increase about 17 percent to $ 896 billion from a recently reported $ 764 billion, he said.
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Among all the states, our school buildings are in the worst shape, the federal General Accounting Office recently reported .
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A similar finding, however, has been reported recently by Suzuki etal.
return
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I have recently returned from a Polaris orienteering competition, which was held over two days in Exmoor.
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Collie recently returned with the opinion that the county can conduct a referendum in November for recreational facilities.
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There was a look about him, as if he'd recently returned from the Front.
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He was handled by King when he last testified against him, then subsequently left King and recently returned to him.
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David Tindle had recently returned from a visit to Paris where he had seen this painting for the first time.
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Bernie Nichols of the Chicago Blackhawks recently returned from a spleen injury.
win
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Held's road-focused 2080 gloves recently won a recommendation from RiDE magazine, so may be a better bet.
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He was an outstanding martial artist, recently winning the Pan-Am Cup in jiu jitsu.
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He is in his school sports teams and enjoys singing, having recently won prizes at two festivals.
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They recently won one round in their he said-she said wars.
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It is part of the substantial order recently won by Sekers.
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The funds have recently won three Micropal awards for best performance among smaller groups.
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Simpson recently won full custody of the children from the Browns after a bitter court battle.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"When did she go back to Italy?" "Oh, very recently - just a couple of days ago."
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a new species of plant that was only recently discovered in southern Brazil
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As recently as the mid sixties, Nelson Rockefeller was considered unsuitable for the presidency because he had once been divorced.
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He lived in Boston until quite recently .
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Her school work has been much better recently .
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I haven't been feeling well recently .
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Just recently I've been thinking about changing my job.
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More recently , banks have offered customers the opportunity to change to PC or telephone banking.
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the recently industrialized countries of Southeast Asia
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The hospital recently installed a new heating system.
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The President has recently returned from a five day tour of South America.
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Until recently , commercial fishermen had been allowed to shoot sea lions if they tried to steal their catch.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A number of other institutions have recently applied for corporate membership.
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Congress recently acted to deny trade preferences to countries that fail to meet their legal obligations to end such abusive child labor.
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Police recently uncovered a ring that was selling crack through two girls living in the tiny town of Downs, population 620.
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The Fed recently lowered the funds rate to 5. 50 % from 5. 75 %.
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The priest was a Missionary Brother of Charity who had recently entered the Order.
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The Town of Tortolita recently added Ching to its battery of attorneys by approving a consulting contract.
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We have heard recently that Trafford is working on the same lines, so we will have to get a move on.