Only in recent years (and perhaps too late) has the language been put into written form in an effort to preserve and standardize it.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3
A few potters still survive and in recent years have enjoyed a modest revival, based on the carriage trade from Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and other urban areas, plus the occasional Yankee tourist who has read about the potters and goes out of his way to find them.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 2
I have noticed many more in recent years, but unfortunately I have not made a note of them.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 4
Even recent is avoided because it is thought to imply something newer than newer, whereas a furnace up to two years old can safely be described as newer.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 2
This is all the more disappointing since other sections of OUP, along with other publishers of reference works, have made great strides forward in recent years.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 4
Toponymy is remarkable not only for the hundreds of talented contributors who have expanded the scholarship in recent decades, but also because it is not a formal academic discipline, at least not in the United States.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 2
As I have remarked on other occasions, in recent BrE the word billion is used to mean— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 4
75 per cent of subscribers renew; in recent years, the response has been 100 per cent to the renewal notices attached to certain issues.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3
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