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

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Recent Examples of newly Also newly dated is a Feb. 21 release in Romania, Feb. 27 in Slovakia, and Feb. 28 in Poland and Turkey. Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025 After crunching the numbers, the team named Italy the go-to spot for the newly retired. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025 In addition, some of the bones were much older than others, which indicates our Paleolithic ancestors might have been sourcing both newly dead and long-dead animals. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025 Days later, the newly homeless couple was staying in a motel when a mutual friend connected them with Levy. Holly Yan, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newly
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  • Mistake: Playing Videos, Music, and Calls at Full Volume Solution: Use Noise-canceling Headphones $249 $199 at Amazon People have gotten really comfortable taking phone calls, listening to music, and watching videos at full volume in public lately — sans headphones.
    Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Martinek praised field office workers as hard-working and professional, unlike how they have been portrayed lately by some politicians.
    Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • Up until very recently, Evans was mindful of the opportunity in front of him, hitting unrestricted free agency at 28 during a career year offensively while playing an important role in Montreal.
    Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Until recently, the negotiations between the U.S. and its trading partners left investors hopeful that trade deals could be struck, and many still believe tariffs will be temporary.
    Nick Sargen, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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  • The untitled project, which began production late last year, is Oscar winner González Iñárritu’s first English-language film since The Revenant.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The North Korean 11th Army Corps temporarily withdrew from the front line in Kursk in December or January after losing a third of its 12,000 troops in costly assaults on the Kursk salient late last year.
    David Axe, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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  • The family-friendly outing comes just days after the 52-year-old Argo star — fresh off his split from estranged wife Jennifer Lopez — and his son sat courtside at the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game at L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena on Thursday.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The order comes just days after Trump’s heated exchange with Zelensky in the Oval Office.
    Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • Switch sides, now extending your left arm and right leg simultaneously.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 26 Feb. 2025
  • But that’s so much of what music is now — little familiar pieces Frankensteined together.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Newly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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