How to Use recency in a Sentence

recency

noun
  • But the Huskers have a chance to flip the script this weekend and benefit from recency bias.
    Chris Bumbaca, ajc, 15 Dec. 2017
  • But, holy recency bias — did that one game get the talking heads going.
    Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 3 Apr. 2018
  • This is where the recency effect can get in the way of what the committee is really looking at in the full body of work.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2018
  • In a poll of Ohio State text subscribers, some voted it the best win of the last 20 years, though there may be some recency bias included.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2021
  • But the discussion was loaded with recency bias and thin on facts.
    Adi Joseph, USA TODAY, 2 May 2017
  • But might there have been a little anti-recency bias at work?
    Mark Mravic, SI.com, 19 July 2017
  • But our love for her latest isn't just recency bias talking.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Landers and Cornell made it perhaps because of recency bias, but the talent thinned out a bit.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 4 July 2020
  • Heck, at this point, with his own Q-rating soaring by the week, Aranda carries a real risk of recency bias.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2021
  • At the risk of engaging in recency bias, this is Saban’s best team and maybe the best in Alabama history.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 13 Jan. 2021
  • This is not a case of recency bias, with Dragic only a season removed from the current roster.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • But those were different, lacking the production pizzazz of the Houston show, and the recency.
    Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
  • At the same time, this is an emotional business with a lot of recency bias baked into decisions.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Being a sports fan in 2019 means falling victim to recency bias — and recently Thomas looked as if his career was over.
    New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
  • But there's more than recency bias behind the sentiment.
    Scott Gilbertson, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Don't let recency bias scare you from starting the Steelers’ signal caller.
    Dr. Roto, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Anthony Davis has the talent to be top 7, but health (and probably a negative recency bias) will keep him from it.
    Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • This is the most competitive category of the night, and what wins is going to depend, to some degree, on the impact of the recency effect.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Maybe this is recency bias, but there may not be a more anticipated return from injury than Williamson getting back on the court.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Well, our brains are basically set up for recency bias.
    Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
  • Or someone whose dominance is dated, so my opinion seems more cultured and not the subject of recency bias.
    Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Though recency bias may sink Gase’s approval rating among Patriots fans — the Jets went 2-14 in his final season as head coach — Belichick has been a fan.
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • And maybe there's a bit of recency bias seeping in here with that riveting season finale occurring just last night.
    Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Knowing where the voting public comes down on all of this is simply impossible at the moment given the recency of the report and its findings.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
  • There will be some recency bias given the uneven performance at Texas A&M, but it should be noted this Alabama offense is ahead of the one from last season.
    Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Carton has a number of highlight slams this season but, while acknowledging the recency bias, picked the latest one as his favorite.
    Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The recency of that memory - the last image of Paul in a Rockets uniform - has spawned the revisionist narrative that Paul was washed up in his final days with the Rockets.
    Rahat Huq, Chron, 28 June 2021
  • There’s a concept in investing circles known as recency bias.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Though he’s been mostly forgotten because of sports’ obsession with recency bias, Bruce Pickens had long been regarded as one of the league’s great draft busts.
    Chris Chase, For The Win, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The FiveThirtyEight polling average, which takes the quality and recency of polls into account, has Trump up by 1 percentage point.
    cleveland, 1 Nov. 2020

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