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freshly

  • a word derived from fresh.
    fresh
    adjective
    newly made or obtained.

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Outside his neighborhood, dozens of freshly painted jacks stand out along the roadside, their bright colors contrasting with the deteriorating streets nearby.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Soon, local men were standing guard in shifts at the two entrances into town, aiming their weapons at trucks laden with freshly picked avocados and cars packed with farmhands as they demanded identity documents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

It happened place by place, inch by inch, a dusty disco ball left in the rummage while a Starbucks or a boutique gym rose to serve the freshly gentrified block around it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

By 1977 Mr. Daniels was working in the office of Richard Lugar, a freshly elected Republican senator from the Hoosier State.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

A train whistle sounds in the distance and suddenly the sour smell of the brickworks gives way to the scent of freshly cut grass.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin