They are a newly married couple.
That is a newly acquired habit.
Here is where we keep the newly arrived merchandise.
The room is newly painted.
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Top banks from Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa are among the newly arrived or expanding institutions over the past 18 months as their leaders eye a market that still produces higher than average banking profits.—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025 The move would temporarily roll back the state’s good government redistricting commission, instead putting in place newly gerrymandered districts designed to favor Democrats.—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025 Each year, Google crunches the numbers to identify the items that were highly searched, newly searched, or trending for a period of time from May to September.—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025 This funny tale of unlikely heroism can be enjoyed either as a read-aloud or as a confidence booster for newly independent readers.—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newly
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of newly was
before the 12th century
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