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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At a New Year’s Eve celebration in Tehran in 1977, President Jimmy Carter, pictured here with the Shah, made a toast.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The career experts point out that this year’s top 10 highest-paying jobs for associate degree holders have good prospects, heading into the New Year.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
For example, on the first day of the Lunar New Year neither dogs nor children are supposed to be punished.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Aug. 2025
Five people have been charged in connection with a New Jersey car crash on New Year’s Day 2024 that killed a Princeton woman who worked in the governor’s office.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The career experts point out that this year’s top 10 highest-paying jobs for associate degree holders have good prospects, heading into the New Year.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
For example, on the first day of the Lunar New Year neither dogs nor children are supposed to be punished.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Aug. 2025
Five people have been charged in connection with a New Jersey car crash on New Year’s Day 2024 that killed a Princeton woman who worked in the governor’s office.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
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“New Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Year. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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