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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The last volume, the finale, premieres on New Year's Eve.
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Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Rita Ora wore it to a 2020 New Year's party and Iris Law wore it to a London Fashion Week Party in 2022.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 22 July 2025
In early 2025, the FBI said that the driver involved in the New Year's Eve car-ramming attack in New Orleans, which killed 14 people, had an Islamic State flag in his vehicle.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The abuse lasted more than a year, beginning around New Year’s Day 2024 through April 2025, and involved children as young as 3 years old, AL.com and 1819 News reported, citing court records.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
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Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Rita Ora wore it to a 2020 New Year's party and Iris Law wore it to a London Fashion Week Party in 2022.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 22 July 2025
In early 2025, the FBI said that the driver involved in the New Year's Eve car-ramming attack in New Orleans, which killed 14 people, had an Islamic State flag in his vehicle.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The abuse lasted more than a year, beginning around New Year’s Day 2024 through April 2025, and involved children as young as 3 years old, AL.com and 1819 News reported, citing court records.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
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“New Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Year. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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