1
: recently born
2
: born anew
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Examples of newborn in a Sentence
Adjective
felt like a newborn activist after that pep rally
Noun
a mother goat and all of her newborn
intentionally bought clothes that were too big for her newborn but which undoubtedly would fit him in a few months
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Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
Her shopping trip with Kulture and Wave comes two weeks after the siblings became a big sister and brother to the rapper’s newborn daughter, who arrived on Sept. 7.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
Alison Durkee, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
For example, Letty, an enslaved woman, was indicted for crushing the skull of her newborn in Virginia in 1822.
—Kali Nicole Gross / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
In the meantime, Aubrey Valley/Double O Ranch’s newest generation is taking its first steps toward an uncertain future, and newborn ferrets are greeting the world every year under human guidance.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
Her shopping trip with Kulture and Wave comes two weeks after the siblings became a big sister and brother to the rapper’s newborn daughter, who arrived on Sept. 7.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
Noun
Child Tax Credit: Harris proposed giving families a $6,000 tax credit for newborns in their first year of life, and restore a pandemic-era tax credit of $3,600 per child for middle and lower-class families.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
For example, Letty, an enslaved woman, was indicted for crushing the skull of her newborn in Virginia in 1822.
—Kali Nicole Gross / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Newborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newborn. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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newborn
1 of 2 adjective
new·born
ˈn(y)ü-ˈbȯ(ə)rn 
1
: recently born
2
: born anew
newborn
2 of 2 noun
plural newborn or newborns
: a newborn individual
Medical Definition
newborn
1 of 2 adjective
new·born
ˈn(y)ü-ˈbȯ(ə)rn
1
: recently born
a newborn infant
2
: affecting or relating to the newborn
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