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

In addition, Carter’s will be acting faster on consumer insights and data, and accelerating the pipeline of product and innovation to better keep up with the speed at which licenses, trends and styles come and go.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Respondents tied socialism to both economic security and government overreach, and capitalism to both innovation and inequality.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of innovation

Noun

The departures show Meta is still shaping its strategy around AI and AI safety amid new calls for regulation in Washington.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The group formally processed the vessel’s departure and was trying to avoid violating Panamanian law.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of departure

Noun

This divergence in labor market performance by gender can be partially explained by which industries are growing, according to Stahle.

— Alex Harring,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
The divergence shows that buyers have become more selective while remaining willing to make significant bets when the strategic rationale is strong.

— Rusty Wiley, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of divergence

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