1
: for an additional time : again
begin anew
2
: in a new or different form
a story told anew on film
Examples of anew in a Sentence
He demonstrated anew that he's not a good leader.
These problems must be dealt with anew.
The process begins anew each spring.
The poem has been translated anew for this new book.
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With that already as a given for many of us, Neville’s movie serves as a splendid jukebox, offering rapid-fire clips that bowl you over anew with just how rapidly McCartney’s own synapses were firing on ingenious hit after hit.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Contemplating building anew, the new owners of the Bloch house gutted its interior.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
But the west London monolith has since rebuilt itself anew and is looking more like its old self of late.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The author dies so that their work can be reborn anew forever.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Contemplating building anew, the new owners of the Bloch house gutted its interior.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
But the west London monolith has since rebuilt itself anew and is looking more like its old self of late.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
The author dies so that their work can be reborn anew forever.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Anew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anew. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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anew
adverb1
: over again : for another time
begin anew
2
: in a new or different form
a story told anew as a movie
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