new year
noun
the year approaching or newly begun.
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new year
Americannoun
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the year approaching or newly begun.
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(initial capital letters) the first day or few days of a year in any of various calendars.
New Year
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of new year
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
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The bank expects disinflation to return as the impacts of oil prices and tariffs begin to ease in the new year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Analysts at the energy consultancy Cornwall Insight have forecast domestic energy prices may rise sharply in the new year, bringing renewed concern to households during the coldest months.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
That has meant that tailor Ebrima Camara, 31, has had to sew using a foot-pedal machine rather than his usual electric model, as he struggles to complete orders for school uniforms for the new year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Earnings are likely to normalize for the new year starting in October, due to the lack of major new game launches, Sato says, forecasting declines in game-segment sales and operating profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The first days of the new year were frightening because without Minnijean we realized any one or all of us could be next.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
She said the aim was to establish some early findings in the New Year.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Around New Year, we expect to have a common understanding with a partner country outside of the European Union," said Danish Migrations Minister Morten Bodskov, without naming the nation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Unitree’s robots are already familiar to hundreds of millions of Chinese owing to their appearances on nationally televised Lunar New Year programs in which they have danced and performed kung fu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
In January 2023, during the Lunar New Year holiday, we used the new map to investigate the strongest candidate for the title of 'tallest tree'.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Pirkei Avot is a collection of Rabbinic maxims, and a chapter of it is studied by many Jews every Shabbat between Passover and the Jewish New Year.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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