Recent (adjective)

1. Happening or coming into being only a short time ago.
2. Belonging to or occurring in the near past.
3. Newly made or done.
4. Having happened or come into being not long ago.
5. Having happened or been done recently.

Origin:

From middle english recent, from latin recens ("new, fresh, recent"), from recēns ("just now, recently"), present participle of recēdere ("to go back, recede"), from re- ("back") + cēdere ("to g.o")

Examples:

1. The recent storm caused widespread damage.
2. Recent developments in technology have been amazing.
3. His recent work has been very successful.
4. I read a recent article about that topic.
5. The recent news was very troubling.