as in lately
not long ago a newly married couple still getting to know one another

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Recent Examples of newly In addition to the cases that require manual processing, there are people who are now newly eligible to apply for Social Security benefits as a result of the law, Weaver said. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 June 2025 Megafauna predators like wolves and big cats would spread pretty quickly back across the newly uninhabited planet. Tim Weed june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 Whichever of the two ends up outside looking into the Phoenix job will be a strong candidate for the newly available Knicks job. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025 Recent stop-outs are newly identified SCNC individuals — those students who have stopped out between January, 2022 and July, 2023; roughly 2.1 million students (about 5.6% of SCNC individuals) are in this group. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for newly
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  • This thought has come to mind a lot lately, as much has been made of the political wranglings of Earth’s richest technocrats, whose ambitions range from lower taxes to interplanetary colonization.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
  • Yes, the Chicago Cubs are having a heck of a time scoring runs lately.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
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  • Sea’s digital financial services arm, recently rebranded to Monee, grew by almost 35% last year, reaching $2.4 billion.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 22 June 2025
  • Think of the implosions at Enron, Theranos, or, more recently, FTX.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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  • When Dart was taken late in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, a lot of the follow-up analysis surrounded the idea that the Ole Miss star would have a redshirt season as an NFL rookie.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • The president’s angry messages on Truth Social, sometimes posted early in the morning or very late at night, at times send pundits off in search of which segment on which cable news show angered the president.
    Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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  • Gener struck out 75 batters in 58 innings while walking just 14.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
  • Tyrone Taylor hit a one-out single off Strider and stole second, and with two outs, Mauricio sent him home for just his third RBI of the season.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
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  • The first-place Yankees, who only scored one run in Friday’s series-opening loss, have now dropped their last four games against the fourth-place Red Sox.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
  • There’s also wireless charging out of the box now, a new wax-guard, and a punchy, limited-edition Deep Plum colourway.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 14 June 2025

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“Newly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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