They are a newly married couple.
That is a newly acquired habit.
Here is where we keep the newly arrived merchandise.
The room is newly painted.
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DeSantis had, apparently, figured out a way to stuff Make America Great Again into a sleeker, less objectionable package, one that appealed to both traditional Republican business interests and the newly influential far right.—Drew Nelles, Time, 28 Apr. 2025 In a photo shared on April 11, the singer lays her head on a pillow, her newly dark hair tucked behind her ears.—Catherine Santino, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Television reporters, newly arrived from Delhi, set up cameras on the picturesque shoreline of Dal Lake and dutifully repeated the government’s line.—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Under Kaiser’s leadership, the gallery launched an outpost in Los Angeles in 2023 and last year moved its New York branch from Fifty-Seventh Street, its home since Marian Goodman’s 1977 founding, to the newly hot art hub of TriBeCa.—News Desk, Artforum, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newly
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of newly was
before the 12th century
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