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A time immediately before the present
Answer for the clue "A time immediately before the present ", 10 letters:
recentness
Alternative clues for the word recentness
Word definitions for recentness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recentness \Re"cent*ness\, n. Quality or state of being recent.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being recent.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a time immediately before the present [syn: recency ] the property of having happened or appeared not long ago [syn: recency ]
Usage examples of recentness.
It must be noted that in view of the recentness of the event and certain accompanying circumstances, it was still being spoken of somewhat cautiously that evening, and not aloud.
The recentness of the infalls and the absence of weather erosion that so quickly tames features on the surface combined to produce an insane jumble of precariously balanced slabs and boulders, the crazy canting of which seemed to refute gravity and create a carnival fun house effect in which water appears to run up hill, and what looks level is dangerously slanted.