new wave
noun
often capitalized N&W
1
: a cinematic movement that is characterized by improvisation, abstraction, and subjective symbolism and that often makes use of experimental photographic techniques
2
: a new movement in a particular field
3
: popular music less raw than punk rock and typically including unconventional melodies, exaggerated beats, and quirky lyrics
4
: dernier cri
especially
: fashion that is strikingly outrageous
Examples of new wave in a Sentence
people who listened to punk, New Wave, or disco
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In its place, however, has emerged a new wave of wealthy U.S. consumers, whose gains from President Donald Trump’s election stock market bump, a stronger dollar and crypto’s rally helped fuel festive spending.
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Supervisors approved the 45-day pause in December after taking yearly losses running the program and a new wave of complaints, primarily from residents of Sutter, a small unincorporated town west of Yuba City near the Sutter Buttes.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 21 Jan. 2025
Game Developer writes data collated over the Christmas 2024 period, which brought a huge new wave of VR owners, suggests the Quest 3S has not substantially opened up the VR user base.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The incoming Trump administration’s plans to slap new tariffs on imports from many countries including Canada — by far the biggest foreign supplier of lumber for the U.S. market — could set off new waves of inflation in home building.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Supervisors approved the 45-day pause in December after taking yearly losses running the program and a new wave of complaints, primarily from residents of Sutter, a small unincorporated town west of Yuba City near the Sutter Buttes.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 21 Jan. 2025
Game Developer writes data collated over the Christmas 2024 period, which brought a huge new wave of VR owners, suggests the Quest 3S has not substantially opened up the VR user base.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The incoming Trump administration’s plans to slap new tariffs on imports from many countries including Canada — by far the biggest foreign supplier of lumber for the U.S. market — could set off new waves of inflation in home building.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“New wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20wave. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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