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• n  the most recent news or development
  have you heard the latest?
• s  up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
  the very latest scientific discoveries
• s  in the current fashion or style
• a  being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
• s  after the expected or usual time; delayed
• s  of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
• s  having died recently
• a  of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
• a  at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
• s  (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• This year Easter falls on its latest possible date: April 25.
• A one-stop shop for the latest political happenings at any hour of the day.
• How Yemen has become the latest haven for al-Qaeda Photos: Conflict in Yemen Videos released by the insurgents and the Yemeni government give two perspectives on a hidden war.

• up-to-the-minute
• a la mode
• in style
• in vogue
• modish
• late
• belated
• tardy
• recent
• later
• former
• previous

• early

News & Articles

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• Latest retail sales report shows sales decline
  The latest retail sales report for the Tri-Cities show sales dropped across the first quarter of the year.
  June 18, 2013 - WCYB 5 Tri-Cities
• Latest Plans For Heers Building Include Police Satellite Station
  The latest plans to makeover the old Heers building on Springfield's Park Central Square includes adding a police satellite station. City Economic Development Director Mary Lilly Smith says this looks like the most important item Dalmark has offered.
  June 18, 2013 - KTTS 94.7
• The latest rich person to attempt to crowd-fund a vanity project?
  The latest rich person to attempt to crowd-fund a vanity project? None other than our old friend James Franco , who is attempting to raise $500,000 to adapt three of his own short stories into a film trilogy. In Franco's defense, all profits from the films (if there are any) will go to charity. Read more...        
  June 18, 2013 - Gawker

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in ABC News
  We do not yet have all the answers about this latest attempt, but those who would slaughter innocent men, women and children must know that the United States will ...... do more than simply strengthen our defenses,Obama said in a brief...
• Antonio Villaraigosa in Sydney Morning Herald
  The latest figures that we have is, there's somewhere in the neighbourhood of 10 to 15 fatalities,Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told reporters. "That's probably the most serious train wreck to occur here in a very long time."
• Michael Bloomberg in Reuters
  While the bombs these terrorists attempted to plant tonight were -- unbeknownst to them -- fake, this latest attempt to attack our freedoms shows that the homeland security threats against New York City are sadly all too real,New York Mayor...