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newlywed

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


NOUN
bridegroom
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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His newlywed wife quit her job at a New York advertising agency to join him.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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

Because Shelley came up with “Frankenstein” as an 18-year-old newlywed who’d just lost a baby, her message gets boiled down to gender: Women birth life, men mimic it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

I noticed the sweet newlywed Mrs. Nash had stopped sipping her coffee and was hanging on my every word.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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