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Recent Examples of afresh In one sense, detaching goal setting from the start of the Gregorian calendar is reasonable—one can, of course, choose to begin afresh at any moment. — Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025 This is the best time of year to get rid of the clutter, stow away small kitchen appliances, and start afresh. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025 The air is being cleared, and people are breathing it afresh. — Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025 England's all-time top scorer, Harry Kane, finally ended his hunt for major silverware last term and starts afresh, hoping to take Die Roten to more plunder this term. — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for afresh
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Adverb
  • When aviation outgrew the Commerce Department, Congress consolidated oversight into a single independent agency in 1938 and then again in 1958 under the FAA, which moved quickly to strengthen air traffic management and safety rules.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Then again, Ball and essentially every other player in the league have gotten away with traveling with the basketball throughout their NBA careers.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • As Europe panted through rolling heatwaves this summer, I became drawn in by The Perfect Prescription anew.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The hotel is situated in a floodway, which limits construction for safety purposes, so since 1993 the site’s various owners haven’t been able to build anew; renovating ad infinitum has proven to be just dandy though.
    — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Afresh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afresh. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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