as in lately
not long ago a newly married couple still getting to know one another

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Recent Examples of newly In addition to the cases that require manual processing, there are people who are now newly eligible to apply for Social Security benefits as a result of the law, Weaver said. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 June 2025 Megafauna predators like wolves and big cats would spread pretty quickly back across the newly uninhabited planet. Tim Weed june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 Whichever of the two ends up outside looking into the Phoenix job will be a strong candidate for the newly available Knicks job. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025 Recent stop-outs are newly identified SCNC individuals — those students who have stopped out between January, 2022 and July, 2023; roughly 2.1 million students (about 5.6% of SCNC individuals) are in this group. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for newly
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  • This thought has come to mind a lot lately, as much has been made of the political wranglings of Earth’s richest technocrats, whose ambitions range from lower taxes to interplanetary colonization.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
  • Yes, the Chicago Cubs are having a heck of a time scoring runs lately.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
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  • More recently, the organizers have been targeting the government’s failure to secure the release of all October 7th hostages, and the willingness of Netanyahu to appease his right-wing coalition partners by prolonging the war.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • Based in New York City, Evans sat for an interview with The Envelope while recently in Los Angeles.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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  • But the hotel devolved from an icon to an eyesore in the decades preceding its demolition late last year, months after a fire tore through its long-vacant interior the night of Saturday, June 15, 2024.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
  • Sure, Tyrese Haliburton nearly had a triple-double and Pascal Siakam scored 21 points and Myles Turner battled through illness to have a pair of huge blocks late in Indiana’s 116-107 victory Wednesday night, but McConnell and Mathurin were the story.
    Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
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  • The remix featuring Kelly, along with Tank and Anthony Hamilton, is the one that just earned a new plaque from the RIAA.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica Punta Cacique just opened in Guanacaste—and T+L was the first to check in.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025
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  • The first-place Yankees, who only scored one run in Friday’s series-opening loss, have now dropped their last four games against the fourth-place Red Sox.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
  • There’s also wireless charging out of the box now, a new wax-guard, and a punchy, limited-edition Deep Plum colourway.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 14 June 2025

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“Newly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newly. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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