make a fresh/new start
idiom
: to start a new life
Her divorce gave her an opportunity to make a fresh/new start.
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In 2014, Strickland moved So Cal Famous Beach Ice from Los Angeles to the San Diego area to make a fresh start in untapped territory.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
What better way to make a fresh start as things warm up than with a brand-new YSL lipstick?
—Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
The story follows South Korean immigrants trying to make a new start as farmers in the American Midwest in the 1980s — a plan that puts husband Jacob (Steven Yeun) and wife Monica (Han Ye-ri) increasingly at odds with one another as the circumstances stack up against them.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
In retrospect, Ratzinger was manifestly the wrong man for the top job: too old, too retiring, too rigid, too sapped by past controversies to make a fresh start.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
What better way to make a fresh start as things warm up than with a brand-new YSL lipstick?
—Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
The story follows South Korean immigrants trying to make a new start as farmers in the American Midwest in the 1980s — a plan that puts husband Jacob (Steven Yeun) and wife Monica (Han Ye-ri) increasingly at odds with one another as the circumstances stack up against them.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
In retrospect, Ratzinger was manifestly the wrong man for the top job: too old, too retiring, too rigid, too sapped by past controversies to make a fresh start.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make a fresh/new start
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“Make a fresh/new start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%20fresh%2Fnew%20start. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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