brand-new
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of brand-new
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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He’s just signed a brand-new five-year contract, which pays him $4 million a year, so he’s totally safe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Forty-five years after Formula 1 last roared around Madrid, the Spanish capital is celebrating its return this weekend with a brand-new circuit, accessible from the city centre via only a metro ride.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Welcome to this week’s historic edition of the Surge, here in our brand-new home.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026
Alongside donated and pre-loved uniforms, it also supplied 4,659 brand-new items to 2,142 children.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Soon enough, most of those centuries-old trees had been chopped into wood to build ships and railroads and buildings for America’s brand-new cities.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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