1
: recently born
2
: born anew
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Examples of newborn in a Sentence
Adjective
felt like a newborn activist after that pep rally
Noun
a mother goat and all of her newborn
intentionally bought clothes that were too big for her newborn but which undoubtedly would fit him in a few months
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
The soon-to-be mom of three also included a sweet throwback video in her post, showing a newborn Wave as Cardi held him and fed him his bottle.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
Meanwhile, the expansion to $6,000 for newborns could cost $100 billion.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Keeping tabs on sharks When Anderson and her colleagues were tagging porbeagle sharks off Cape Cod in Massachusetts in 2020 and 2022, their intention was to track where pregnant porbeagles go to identify areas where the sharks and their newborn pups require conservation and protection efforts.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
The soon-to-be mom of three also included a sweet throwback video in her post, showing a newborn Wave as Cardi held him and fed him his bottle.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Noun
New, expanded tax relief of up to $6,000 for families with a newborn.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
Meanwhile, the expansion to $6,000 for newborns could cost $100 billion.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Newborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newborn. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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newborn
1 of 2 adjective
new·born
ˈn(y)ü-ˈbȯ(ə)rn 
1
: recently born
2
: born anew
newborn
2 of 2 noun
plural newborn or newborns
: a newborn individual
Medical Definition
newborn
1 of 2 adjective
new·born
ˈn(y)ü-ˈbȯ(ə)rn
1
: recently born
a newborn infant
2
: affecting or relating to the newborn
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