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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Come for the Fourth of July fireworks or the New Year’s Eve countdown, two of the popular community events here.
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AFAR Media, 11 July 2025
The first time the house was shot was on New Year's Eve heading into 2024.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
The Lachman fire was reported about 12:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day in the hillside above Pacific Palisades by a resident whose home is about two blocks from the popular Skull Rock trail.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Fisherman, 39, was charged in December with pinning down a woman as Oren and Alon Alexander took turns raping her in a luxurious Miami Beach hi-rise on New Year’s Eve in 2016.
—Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
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AFAR Media, 11 July 2025
The first time the house was shot was on New Year's Eve heading into 2024.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
The Lachman fire was reported about 12:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day in the hillside above Pacific Palisades by a resident whose home is about two blocks from the popular Skull Rock trail.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Fisherman, 39, was charged in December with pinning down a woman as Oren and Alon Alexander took turns raping her in a luxurious Miami Beach hi-rise on New Year’s Eve in 2016.
—Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
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“New Year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Year. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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