New Year's Day

noun

1. January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.

New Year's Day

noun

1. Often (US and Canadian informal) shortened to: New Year's. Jan 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries

Word History and Origins

Origin of New Year's Day¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200

Example Sentences

He returned to Curitiba in 2022 but was released on New Year's Day 2025.

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Michael McNellis, a Palisades resident who lost his home in the Jan. 7 fire, told The Times he and his family hiked up through the Skull Rock Trailhead to the Lachman burn area on New Year’s Day to see how much had burned.

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He was in the Fort Lauderdale airport on New Year’s Day in 2018 with his elderly grandmother when a series of delays stranded them in the terminal for four hours.

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Federal investigators say the Lachman fire was deliberately set on New Year’s Day and burned underground in a canyon root system until it was rekindled by high winds on Jan. 7.

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On New Year’s Day, Kate Sullivan threw a potluck for her neighbors.

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