New Year
noun
1
: the calendar year about to start or recently started
2
a
usually New Year's
: new year's day
b
: the first days of a calendar year
3
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The opening, this past New Year’s Eve, was attended by art people from New York and LA, and also by multiple sword swallowers.
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
That sentence was later commuted to 27 years, and then by a sixth in a Myanmar New Year amnesty on April 17 that freed her ally and co-defendant Win Myint, the former president.
—CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Christmas, New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Since the New Year, the season has been stressful.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
That sentence was later commuted to 27 years, and then by a sixth in a Myanmar New Year amnesty on April 17 that freed her ally and co-defendant Win Myint, the former president.
—CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Christmas, New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Since the New Year, the season has been stressful.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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“New Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Year. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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