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newlywed

[noo-lee-wed, nyoo-] / ˈnu liˌwɛd, ˈnyu- /


NOUN
bridegroom
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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The Indian wing of WhatsApp recently released a glossy, nine-minute advert telling the story of a fictional newlywed couple in rural India who fall in love via voice note.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

When she was a newlywed in the early 1980s, she took a tax course to get some practice filing returns.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Thompson’s scheming newlywed manipulates the other characters with the confidence of a queen who controls all the pieces on the board, but every so often she simply has to flip the table over.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

On one side of the screen, a retired cop or a newlywed couple steps in as savior.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

We could see over a low white wall and right into the pillared room where a newlywed couple sat cross-legged opposite the priests.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman