As far as recency is concerned, recentness appears to be the only synonym available. However, from what I understand from your question, temporal proximity is what fits your need best.

1 We are struggling to find the correct word (s) that describes a list of all messages in the system that are sorted by recency. Trending does not work because what we are displaying is not …

Jun 12, 2019 · Freshness can represent recency or relative newness. From Oxford Learner's Dictionary: [uncountable] the fact of being made or experienced recently Based on the …

The only Americanism I see in the sentences you cite is the use of just with the Past Simple. In British English, just is usually used with the Present Perfect tense, which is considered the …

Used casually, they are all synonyms. Used specifically, they are closely related with slight differences and occasional overlapping meanings. This is my simplified understanding of these …

May 14, 2021 · Recency illusion is a cognitive bias commonly reinforced by the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon, which occurs when one suddenly starts noticing something one's noticed for the …

Jan 22, 2017 · It’s something of an inverse recency illusion. What happens to people who want to read yesterday’s newspaper? The existing English language didn't die when today’s …

I don’t have time at the moment, but if someone else is in the mood for some corpus or n -gram searching (or can find someone who’s already done the research), it would be very interesting …

Feb 21, 2014 · What makes the person aware of this thing is that they previously had the notion that it was rare, and have only recently noticed that it's commoner than they thought it was. …

Jan 18, 2011 · I would say "just yesterday" and "just this morning": these are not quite the same meaning, as they are emphasising how recent the time was, whereas I interpret the original …