recency

American

[ree-suhn-see] / ˈri sən si /

Sometimes recentness

noun

the fact of being recent, of having occurred a relatively short time ago; closeness of a past event to a later past time or to the present.

The general nervousness during that period was mostly due to the recency of the great stock market crash.
the fact of being more recent than something else and therefore more salient or memorable (often used attributively).

The data might be showing recency effects—that is, choices presented later were more likely to be selected by participants.

Etymology

Origin of recency

recen(t) ( def. ) + -cy ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The first is that the well-known phenomenon of recency bias, where our brains give too much weight to recent events, is distorting our picture of stocks and bonds.

From MarketWatch

A big reason to keep a brag book is to guard against recency bias.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is no easy antidote to recency bias.

From MarketWatch

AI search also values recency even more than traditional search does, research by Profound suggested.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over 120 of these studies were given priority based on sample size, recency, relevance and the range of health conditions they addressed.

From Science Daily

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