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

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Recent Examples of newly Those companies suffered through the difficult times (or are newly built with them in mind), understand the importance of operational efficiency, and are learning to do more with less. Kate Drew, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 The script, from regular Ip Man scribe Edmond Wong, is a courtroom drama first and foremost, built around Yen’s newly qualified prosecutor Fok Chi Ho. James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025 The Park City ski patrol union says that a living wage in Park City is $27 per hour, far higher than the newly won $23 starting wage of a ski patroller. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 The unlikely quartet is caught up in the middle of a undeclared war between Indigenous nations, the U.S. government, pioneers heading west and the newly powerful Mormon church, its Nauvoo militia and leader Brigham Young (Kim Coates). Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for newly 
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  • Two of their upcoming opponents, the Red Wings and Blues, are benefiting from coaching changes … but their defense is also trending in the wrong direction lately.
    Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • One of the company’s top-selling drugs is now facing biosimilar competition, weighing on its stock price growth lately.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • More recently, Houston experienced a light dusting of snow in February 2021 during a devastating winter storm that paralyzed much of the state.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Teddy Werner has assumed an alternate governor role with the Penguins, replacing Dave Beeston, who recently departed FSG.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 28 Jan. 2025
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  • Undaunted, thank goodness, Stupak opened the Otter, on Thompson Street, late last year inside the new Manner hotel, in SoHo.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The whiplash move to bring the app back comes after TikTok became unusable for Americans late Saturday night.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • Violette’s final choice doesn’t make sense in the context of everything she’s experienced over the course of the film, and Florence’s just manifests too quickly.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Lately, the 80-year-old gallerist has set her sights on Isola, a neighborhood just north of the city center that has attracted design workshops, thrift stores, and art studios.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • The debate over the UFC's pound-for-pound number one took a turn at the weekend as White conceded that undisputed lightweight champion Islam Makhachev is now the UFC's pound-for-pound number-one fighter.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Trump and first lady Melania Trump will now head to inaugural balls.
    The Hill Staff, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Newly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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