1
: recently born
2
: born anew
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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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The panel will debate recommendations for hepatitis B, COVID-19, and measles vaccines, and could vote on whether to modify the newborn hepatitis B policy.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Sudan rapidly rose to the top of the list of countries with the highest proportions of unvaccinated newborns — claiming an unwanted leading position last year, with more than half its babies missing all immunizations.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The panel will debate recommendations for hepatitis B, COVID-19, and measles vaccines, and could vote on whether to modify the newborn hepatitis B policy.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
At the time the newborns arrived, Ness and Bettencourt already shared a full three-bedroom house with her daughter Chanel, now 12, and Bettencourt’s sons, Isaiah, 13, and Zayden, 10.
—Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Sudan rapidly rose to the top of the list of countries with the highest proportions of unvaccinated newborns — claiming an unwanted leading position last year, with more than half its babies missing all immunizations.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Newborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newborn. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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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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