newest

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Recent Examples of newest But that will all soon change when the century-old baseball diamond gets newest-generation synthetic turf, striped for football (both flag and tackle), soccer and lacrosse, beneath a digital scoreboard, aluminum bleacher seating for 500 and dugouts that double as dressing rooms. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newest
Adjective
  • The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.
    Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The debate, now revisited in a new memoir and recent interviews by former first lady Jill Biden, continues to shape the public narrative around Biden's final year in office.
    James Powel, USA Today, 5 June 2026
  • The incident has deepened concerns about the safety of Nepali workers on the mountain, which has seen an explosion of commercial guiding outfitters in recent years.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • That stands in contrast to the Nasdaq, which has already moved to fast-track SpaceX's inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index, leading to concerns that new retail investors could become the cash cow of exit liquidity for legacy SpaceX shareholders.
    Katie Foley, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • With Fairfield High’s graduation set to be held Friday, community members started a petition calling for it to be moved to a new location.
    Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • Saban made several accurate and valuable points about the current direction of the sport and his issues with it.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026
  • If the current pace of biopharma M&A holds up for the rest of the year, the industry could be on track to notch more than $250 billion in deal value, marking the strongest year for biotech and pharma since the 2019 peak.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • As with the rest of the hotel, rooms and suites blend extreme comfort and modern convenience with antique beauty, atmosphere and brilliant art.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • Heritage varieties act as a genetic backup library, offering traits that modern breeding programs may need to draw on later.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • Kwok moved across categories, from emerging contemporary artists to established modern and post-war works, building a broad and informed perspective.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • The contemporary dance troupe closes out a 20-year run with its final three hometown shows, including works by choreographers Fernando Magadan, Cayetano Soto, Joan Rodriguez, Richard Siegal and Trey McIntyre.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • Modern readers may take heart in the fact that there are many excellent critics thwacking through the slop—albeit with freelance machetes, on newfangled platforms.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That includes newfangled financial firms that may see higher demand as some tax changes and other cost-of-living policies are implemented, and homebuilders that would see an uptick if mortgage rates fell.
    Geoffrey Morgan, Bloomberg, 3 Feb. 2026

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“Newest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newest. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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