Will showing recent posts on my homepage cause a duplicate content issue?

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Hi, I'm noticing more people are using the API for their blog to pull the latest X posts up to the front page of their website. This gives a refreshing feel to the home page, but is this considered duplicate? David, Stone, UK

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