1
: recently born
2
: born anew
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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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
The anonymous Reddit user, who lives in the Pacific Northwest with their wife and newborn son, said that the unexpected bath-time surveillance came after an exhausting hospital stay.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
The discharge position targeted a vote on the Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution, co-led by Representative Brittany Pettersen, who recently needed to travel with her newborn for votes.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The film follows a father’s extreme measures to help his newborn son by repurposing high-level AI technology from his workplace.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
The anonymous Reddit user, who lives in the Pacific Northwest with their wife and newborn son, said that the unexpected bath-time surveillance came after an exhausting hospital stay.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
About one in five newborns in the U.S. start on formula, providing a crucial source of nutrition in an infant's first months of life.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
The discharge position targeted a vote on the Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution, co-led by Representative Brittany Pettersen, who recently needed to travel with her newborn for votes.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Newborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newborn. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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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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