New Year
noun
1
: the calendar year about to start or recently started
2
a
usually New Year's
: new year's day
b
: the first days of a calendar year
3
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The committee will meet again in October and December, and a majority of economists anticipate at least one more cut before the New Year, possibly more, according to a recent Bloomberg survey.
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Ryley Amond,dan Avery, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The 400-acre park near Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu, has been open 363 days a year, the only closures being Christmas and New Year’s Day.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
On New Year’s Eve, Benito finally meets Taylor, who comes to Paris to visit.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The probe flew by a frozen object named Arrokoth on New Year's Day 2019, returning images of the most distant world ever explored by a spacecraft.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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Ryley Amond,dan Avery, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The 400-acre park near Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu, has been open 363 days a year, the only closures being Christmas and New Year’s Day.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
On New Year’s Eve, Benito finally meets Taylor, who comes to Paris to visit.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The probe flew by a frozen object named Arrokoth on New Year's Day 2019, returning images of the most distant world ever explored by a spacecraft.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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“New Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Year. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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