newest

adjective

Definition of newestnext
as in latest

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newest
  1. latest
  2. recent
  3. new
  4. current
  5. modern
  6. contemporary
  7. newfangled
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of latest
Adjective
  • Another notable example of this transatlantic cooperation is the Italian government’s recent and unprecedented $21 million donation to Boston University (BU) for biomedical research.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Here, a film that uses digital aging technology, in a recent episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of recent
Adjective
  • Any new import levies are on a collision course with stubbornly flat industrial production — a crucial driver of domestic and international volume from sectors that include mining, manufacturing, chemicals and electricity — and lingering overcapacity from the COVID shipping boom, experts said.
    Lisa Baertlein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The single is new at No. 5, matching its performance on the list of the top-selling tracks on any physical medium.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of new
Adjective
  • The current contract between GE Appliances and Local 83761 expires at 11:59 p.m., Dec. 31.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The district’s current $9.9 billion budget was approved without accounting for its cost, nor a contentious pension payment previously funded by the city, by a prior slate of board members in July.
    Sarah Macaraeg, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of current
Adjective
  • All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • These leaders exemplify how combining co-elevation behaviors with modern collaborative tools and processes can deliver breakthrough performance.
    Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of modern
Adjective
  • Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • Keep reading to learn about some of the best restaurants in Honolulu. Izakaya 855-Aloha There are many things to adore about Izakaya 855-Aloha, Honolulu’s newest Japanese izakaya with a newfangled Hawaiian twist.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Yang says this newfangled system has been the goal of the company pretty much all along.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2024
Definition of newfangled
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