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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Holt and Edwards announced their engagement via a joint Instagram post on New Year's Day.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 12 May 2025
With troop enlistments ending on New Year’s Day in 1776, Montgomery and Arnold opted to force an assault on Quebec City as soon as possible, rather than wait out the winter.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Kelly backed up her argument by posting a picture of first lady Melania Trump wearing the dress to a New Year’s Eve party last year.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2025
The other newbie is Tom Yum Noodles, a comfort-foody dish that’s firmly in the tradition of eating noodles to symbolize long life around Songkran, or New Year.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 12 May 2025
With troop enlistments ending on New Year’s Day in 1776, Montgomery and Arnold opted to force an assault on Quebec City as soon as possible, rather than wait out the winter.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Kelly backed up her argument by posting a picture of first lady Melania Trump wearing the dress to a New Year’s Eve party last year.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2025
The other newbie is Tom Yum Noodles, a comfort-foody dish that’s firmly in the tradition of eating noodles to symbolize long life around Songkran, or New Year.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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“New Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Year. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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