brand-new

American

[bran-noo, -nyoo, brand-] / ˈbrænˈnu, -ˈnyu, ˈbrænd- /

adjective

entirely new.

brand-new British

adjective

absolutely new

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Other Word Forms

brand-newness

noun

Etymology

Origin of brand-new

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

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Don’t miss: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang wants to be king of a brand-new empire.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The brand-new BBC Football YouTube and TikTok channels will include live streaming build-up and the opening 10 minutes of the biggest matches.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

"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

I paid $600 a month for a one bedroom, fully furnished unit in a brand-new building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Between flight cancellations and Farmer suddenly changing his mind about where he was going and for how long, his travel constant monitoring—a task that fell on the shoulders of his brand-new assistant at PIH.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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