1
: recently born
2
: born anew
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Adjective
felt like a newborn activist after that pep rally
Noun
a mother goat and all of her newborn
intentionally bought clothes that were too big for her newborn but which undoubtedly would fit him in a few months
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Lauren Goode, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
The second image included a sleeping Carter, while the final photo was of the newborn baby smiling as she was swaddled in a floral blanket.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
The video, which was not ultimately shown to Lively, featured an image of Heath, his wife, and their newborn after a home birth.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Zoe concentrated on sleep-training her newborn daughter.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
The second image included a sleeping Carter, while the final photo was of the newborn baby smiling as she was swaddled in a floral blanket.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
As such, Herod’s massacre would have evoked a familiar Old Testament story in which the Egyptian Pharaoh orders all Jewish newborns to be slaughtered in an effort to kill the infant Moses.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
The video, which was not ultimately shown to Lively, featured an image of Heath, his wife, and their newborn after a home birth.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Newborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newborn. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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newborn
1 of 2 adjective
new·born
ˈn(y)ü-ˈbȯ(ə)rn 
1
: recently born
2
: born anew
newborn
2 of 2 noun
plural newborn or newborns
: a newborn individual
Medical Definition
newborn
1 of 2 adjective
new·born
ˈn(y)ü-ˈbȯ(ə)rn
1
: recently born
a newborn infant
2
: affecting or relating to the newborn
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