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new-fashioned

American  
[noo-fash-uhnd, nyoo-] / ˈnuˈfæʃ ənd, ˈnju- /

adjective

  1. lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.

  2. up-to-date; modern; progressive.


new-fashioned British  

adjective

  1. of or following a recent design, trend, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of new-fashioned

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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Yet the singer has built his growing audience the new-fashioned way.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

Marketing nostalgia, companies like Bunkhouse are bullish on new-fashioned, mid-20th century motels and the relaxed indoor-outdoor atmosphere they afford, whether we’re in a pandemic or not.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2021

“A fresh, new-fashioned take on the familiar,” Van Noten called it, turning his focus to construction and volume – shirts were elongated into dress length and trousers were wide and puddled on the floor.

From The Guardian Jan. 28, 2021

If everything about that track—its disorienting beauty, its churchiness, its strange dolphin utopia—felt like blessed redemption through vocal deconstruction, DS2 is new-fashioned devil’s music, all existential dread and thrill.

From Slate Dec. 23, 2015

He would explain to Arthur that he had pleaded the wound so as to come unexpectedly, in disguise, because that was one of the new-fashioned things to do.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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