new wave
noun
often capitalized N&W
1
: a cinematic movement that is characterized by improvisation, abstraction, and subjective symbolism and that often makes use of experimental photographic techniques
2
: a new movement in a particular field
3
: popular music less raw than punk rock and typically including unconventional melodies, exaggerated beats, and quirky lyrics
4
: dernier cri
especially
: fashion that is strikingly outrageous
Examples of new wave in a Sentence
people who listened to punk, New Wave, or disco
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With a sharp eye for both commercial appeal and artistic ambition, Chen is part of a new wave of female producers reshaping the Chinese film industry from within.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
The show kicks off a new wave of fans visiting Hawaii in search of jungle treks and mysterious hatches.
2008: Breaking Bad begins airing on AMC.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 8 May 2025
Brown is part of a new wave of curators including Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, Darienne Turner and Kalyn Fay Barnoski, who reframe Native art not as artifact but as argument.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Tariff threats — and efforts to get into President Donald Trump’s good graces — are fueling a new wave of U.S. manufacturing investments from the pharmaceutical industry.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
The show kicks off a new wave of fans visiting Hawaii in search of jungle treks and mysterious hatches.
2008: Breaking Bad begins airing on AMC.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 8 May 2025
Brown is part of a new wave of curators including Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, Darienne Turner and Kalyn Fay Barnoski, who reframe Native art not as artifact but as argument.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Tariff threats — and efforts to get into President Donald Trump’s good graces — are fueling a new wave of U.S. manufacturing investments from the pharmaceutical industry.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
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“New wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20wave. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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