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newlywed

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


NOUN
bridegroom
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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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

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

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

This is where newlywed Jack Harbaugh got his coaching start in 1961, after his playing career at Bowling Green State University, and three days at Buffalo Bills training camp, had come to an end.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

Her film is a satirical comedy about two newlywed brides getting accidentally swapped on a train because of their veils.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

She knows the story of the accident, a story she first heard with polite newlywed sympathy, but the thought of which now, now especially, makes her blood go cold.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri