NEW WAVE Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

new wave

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Definition of new wave

as in last word

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Recent Examples of new wave Pretty much all the job creation from this new wave of technology is happening in other states. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026 But a new wave of indignation swept Spain when Abascal, who uses a wheelchair, was carried on a stretcher from her apartment after police cordoned off the street. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Peter Byrne from the 1980s new wave band Naked Eyes has died. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 Every year brings a new wave of technology promising to solve everything at once, and the pressure to chase it is real. — Ashish Agarwal, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for new wave

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Pike said her last words, an offering of love to those who loved her and those who hated her, and prepared.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2026
Job one, for anybody writing a book—for anybody writing a story of any kind, of any length—is to get the reader to that last word.

— Longreads, Longreads, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of last word

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Typically, being a top-25 team in the nation makes your home games a hot ticket, but that doesn't seem to be the case for the Houston Cougars.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Rancho Gordo’s heritage bean membership club is a very hot ticket—so hot, in fact, that slots very rarely open, and some people have spent years on its waiting list.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of hot ticket

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When Coppola came to film her daughter (who actually shot at the Palace of Versailles), Sofia remembered the documentarian immediately switching into filmmaker mode.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
So patience, but also only to a degree, with this rendition of the Heat arguably more in win-now mode than recent iterations of the roster.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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The setup smooths the music’s flux without sacrificing the flavor of all the places and styles the album spans.

— Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Antique 18th-century Swiss wooden ceilings were sourced and reassembled to fit the precise dimensions of the primary rooms, and corridors and guest rooms are lined with 19th-century pine mountain–style paneling.

— Michael James Gardner, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

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Troop movements over the past couple of weeks indicate the group is concentrating on seizing the southwestern highlands, which could then open the way for a push toward the government’s capital, Aden.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Fifteen years later, the niche local broadcast on K-Beach Radio has ballooned into a cultural movement that extends far behind his alma mater’s campus.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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