newest

adjective

Definition of newestnext
as in latest

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newest
  1. latest
  2. recent
  3. new
  4. current
  5. modern
  6. contemporary
  7. newfangled
Adjective
  • The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.
    Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
Definition of latest
Adjective
  • Despite our efforts, recent studies show that today's generation of children might have a shorter lifespan than their parents — something that hasn’t happened in two centuries.
    Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Here's what to know The race marks one of the most competitive Mesa mayoral races in recent history.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of recent
Adjective
  • The triumphs and troubles of the new era all seem to stem from the fact that after years of clawing away at a new path, Shinoda feels like he’s found his counterpart again.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • American innovation today, such as the Pentagon’s Replicator program to rapidly field new high-tech weapons, is equally impressive—and equally insufficient.
    Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of new
Adjective
  • Well Development Inc, with a pro rata stock distribution to current shareholders.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The seat was open after current U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, ran instead for a U.S. Senate seat.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of current
Adjective
  • Starting in the 1990s, modern liquor pioneers such as Austin's Tito's Handmade Vodka, Hye's Garrison Brothers Distillery, Dripping Springs' Treaty Oak Distilling and Waco's Balcones Distilling sparked a revival that continues to expand each year.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Here, find our guide to the new wave of hotels reimagining Rome for the modern traveler.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of modern
Adjective
  • The tradition is centuries old and unique to the U.K., with some towns creating huge elaborate effigies of Guy Fawkes to be burned — sometimes instead building models of contemporary figures, including former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This contemporary dispossession of Indigenous people fits into the long and violent history in which legal and extralegal measures are taken by those in power to forcibly remove Indigenous inhabitants from their land.
    Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • Yang says this newfangled system has been the goal of the company pretty much all along.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2024
  • In Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s polarizing box office flop, a futuristic development is the wild utopic imagining of Adam Driver’s protagonist Cesar Catilina, a controversial urbanist who’s invented a newfangled building material called Megalon.
    Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of newfangled
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