The phrase "a recent action" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an event or deed that has occurred not long ago.
Example: "The report highlights a recent action taken by the government to address climate change."
Alternatives: "a recent event" or "a recent occurrence."
An example of this is a recent action at an area secured by the 82nd Airborne Division near As Samawa.
The country's largest guerrilla group on Friday released two police officers it had taken captive in a recent action that appeared to have briefly threatened the group's peace talks with the government.
In one study, participants were asked to recall a recent action they felt guilty about such as cheating on an exam, lying to a romantic partner, saying something harmful that still made them feel bad about themselves when they thought about it.
Parallels are often drawn between Hong Kong in the 1990's and Shanghai in the 1940's, as exemplified by a recent action film, Teddy Robin's "Shanghai Shanghai". Hong Kong is afraid of meeting the fate of Shanghai, a thriving urban metropolis (and film production center) that went into decline after 1949, following the Communist takeover on the mainland.
A recent action on After-School Programs resulted in 40,000 letters sent to Congress, with two hearings scheduled.
In one study, participants were asked to recall a recent action they felt guilty about - cheating on an exam, lying to a romantic partner, saying something harmful, etc. -- something that still made them feel bad when they thought about it.
As well, the company worked to assure members of the Iranian American community that the film was the antithesis of a recent action-adventure movie felt to vilify the people of Persia.
Marketers started tracking a consumer's most recent action online say, a click on a banner ad and attributing a purchase behavior to it.
It began to clamp down; its most recent action was a ruling that a team could claim the exemption only twice in every four-year period.
Nowak and Sigmund (1998a, b) show that a simple binary image score which tracks only an agent's most recent action is sufficient to allow for evolution of cooperation by indirect reciprocity.
YouTube's recent action was a significant step in a new direction, but now more must be done.
