brand-new
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of brand-new
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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"But especially in the psychedelic field, completely new scaffolds are incredibly rare. And this is the discovery of a brand-new therapeutic scaffold."
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Her show at the Orpheum is the result of a brand-new hour she’s been performing on her Big Bowl Tour and includes plenty of jokes about dinosaurs and love of Jamaican dancehall choreography.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
He said the lions would be housed in a brand-new enclosure, designed to provide the "highest standards of welfare" while allowing natural behaviours to thrive.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
The concentrated nature of the bets, coming from a brand-new account, fueled suspicions that someone with knowledge of the operation’s planning had made them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
He took out two brand-new hoes, a knife with the hilt wrapped in copper wire, a length of dress-cloth, and a small amount of real money.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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