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The OP does not appear to be a native English speaker. And, for example, languages like Spanish don't clearly differentiate between "last" and "latest".

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I am not a Spanish speaker, but Portuguese is usually similar. In it we say "último" for last, and "mais recente" for latest, so while there isn't a single word translating, we still have its equivalent. I imagine it's the same for Spanish.

In Spanish, "último" is ambiguous, and can mean either last or most recent.

Funnily, in Galician there is a distinction between "último" (most recent) and "derradeiro" (final). I would have guessed that it would be the same in Portuguese, given how closely related the two languages are.

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