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 exchange rate had plunged to over 1 million rials during the Persian New Year, Nowruz, as currency shops closed and only informal trading took place on the streets, creating additional pressure on the market.
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Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
But as with New Year’s resolutions, that’s not likely to happen.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The exchange rate had plunged to more than 1 million rials during the country’s extended celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, with currency shops closed and only informal trading taking place on the streets, creating additional pressure on the market.
—Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
On New Year’s Day in 1962, a four-man band from Liverpool arrived at Decca Records in London to record a demo tape.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
But as with New Year’s resolutions, that’s not likely to happen.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The exchange rate had plunged to more than 1 million rials during the country’s extended celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, with currency shops closed and only informal trading taking place on the streets, creating additional pressure on the market.
—Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
On New Year’s Day in 1962, a four-man band from Liverpool arrived at Decca Records in London to record a demo tape.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
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“New Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Year. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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