How to pronounce recent
Listen to recent in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“recent” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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recent days, in recent hours.
State Department · watch from 17:54 · hear it here
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to recent history in recent months.
Federal Reserve · watch from 19:25 · hear it here
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not just recent years but recent decades.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 44:05 · hear it here
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So, these are recent arrivals, recent immigrants.
Census Bureau · watch from 19:44 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of recent. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.