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as in pristine
being in an original and unused or unspoiled state
his car is so well cared for that three years later it still looks brand-new
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as in new
recently made and never used before
a brand-new disk still in its original packaging
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The North Carolina town in the Blue Ridge Mountains is home to several buzzy boutique hotels; the Horton Hotel will unveil eight brand-new luxury suites this fall, and the 1850 Hotel opened its doors in March 2025 right on historic King Street.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Back in the restaurant, the housewives are alerted to a brand-new Instagram post from Tamra.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
Other than food, many school supplies and a lot of brand-new toys used for birthdays and Christmas were also damaged, including boxes of posters donated from Walmart that were destroyed by the water.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Jay Thelin, whose appearance was relatively conventional — a low bar in his circle — went to the city’s Recreation and Parks Department to get a permit and found a brand-new person in charge, assistant supervisor of recreation Peter Ashe, a bearded Haight Street sympathizer.
—Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Back in the restaurant, the housewives are alerted to a brand-new Instagram post from Tamra.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
Other than food, many school supplies and a lot of brand-new toys used for birthdays and Christmas were also damaged, including boxes of posters donated from Walmart that were destroyed by the water.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Jay Thelin, whose appearance was relatively conventional — a low bar in his circle — went to the city’s Recreation and Parks Department to get a permit and found a brand-new person in charge, assistant supervisor of recreation Peter Ashe, a bearded Haight Street sympathizer.
—Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brand-new
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Nevertheless, the formerly pristine darkness of the night sky now has much more light, particularly in the blue and green, from LEDs in cities and towns, lighting roads, public spaces and advertising.—
Richard Green,
Space.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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My desks and tables are littered with stray sheets of paper and an explosion of notebooks, some pristine, some half full, most somewhere in between.—
Dan Rockmore,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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The skid is a new season-long, surpassing two previous six-game losing streaks — all of which have come since the calendar turned to July.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
17 Aug. 2025
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Elio — Disney and Pixar Animation’s summer box office flop — will try to find a new audience when the film arrives on digital streaming this week.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Not to be missed is the ‘Art of the Irish Coffee’ experience whereby your coffee is served tableside, sweetened and infused to your taste, flambéed, crowned with fresh cream and served in a special Waterford Lismore Irish Coffee glass.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Don’t forget that there’s more to the Core Collection than the two new styles and three fresh colorways.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Brand-new.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brand-new. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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