as in modern
being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles
got one of those newfangled espresso makers
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Recent Examples of newfangled
So, how do these newfangled tracking devices actually work?
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Sep. 2024
Trump plainly smells money in this newfangled scheme.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
The competition committee’s newfangled approach to the kickoff was put in place to encourage more returns.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2024
The British designer forged a newfangled take on a direct-to-consumer fashion brand: launching all the main product categories at once, but producing them in limited quantities in order to sidestep overproduction, one of the biggest blights on the fashion industry.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Sep. 2024
Trump plainly smells money in this newfangled scheme.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
The competition committee’s newfangled approach to the kickoff was put in place to encourage more returns.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2024
The British designer forged a newfangled take on a direct-to-consumer fashion brand: launching all the main product categories at once, but producing them in limited quantities in order to sidestep overproduction, one of the biggest blights on the fashion industry.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws.Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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These leaders exemplify how combining co-elevation behaviors with modern collaborative tools and processes can deliver breakthrough performance.Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Any new import levies are on a collision course with stubbornly flat industrial production — a crucial driver of domestic and international volume from sectors that include mining, manufacturing, chemicals and electricity — and lingering overcapacity from the COVID shipping boom, experts said.Lisa Baertlein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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As another new year approaches, businesses in every industry are reevaluating their priorities to adapt to evolving market demands and consumer expectations.Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Newfangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newfangled. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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