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

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Recent Examples of newly 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 In 2022, with excavations still ongoing, 20 warriors were newly found near the Chinese emperor’s secret tomb and added to the count. Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 3 June 2025 Michaels appears occasionally in the memoir — the two became friends in the ’70s, when the SNL cast would decamp to aftershow parties at One Fifth, where McNally, newly arrived from England, was working as maître d’. Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025 Grizzly death trap The female, newly recorded as EVGF129, has already beaten the odds. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for newly
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  • Closing out tournaments has been his Achilles’ heel lately, and the pressure to win again is beginning to build.
    Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Various chemicals, from those in plastics to food additives, have made headlines lately for their potential roles in triggering diseases.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 June 2025
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  • More recently, his brother, King Charles III, tried to persuade Andrew to cut his expenses by leaving his home, Royal Lodge, a sprawling royal estate, and instead, moving to a smaller cottage inside the security perimeter of Windsor Castle.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
  • Only recently—under the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law—has hydrogen regained some federal momentum.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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  • While Buffalo already has an elite roster capable of competing for a championship, the team is now being urged to consider making a major move late in NFL free agency.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • The Pacers trailed by double-digits from late in the second quarter onward.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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  • Beutel, a computer engineer specializing in mountain monitoring, had just witnessed a glacier collapse.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • But Cyrus, who just released her Something Beautiful audio recording last week, with the visual album set to come out next week, is already looking to the future.
    Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2025
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  • The brand now creates looks that pair overshirts with pants, short coats with pants, and outerwear with pants, sold as separates but designed to work cohesively as suiting.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
  • The last scene in the finale, which released on Sunday, showed all the prisoners cheering for him, as he’s now earned the respect of criminals in the mob world.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025

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“Newly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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