Synonyms for Recent (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (approximately the last 10,000 years):
Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch
WordNet sense 2 (of the immediate past or just previous to the present time):
late
WordNet sense 3 (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered):
new
WordNet sense 4 (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages):
modern
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