as in again
yet another time
the applause broke out afresh when the band reappeared on stage for an encore
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Recent Examples of afresh
And the timing may provide an opportunity for Trudeau’s successor to start afresh with Trump and forge a relationship that is either stronger or, alternatively, to reassert a degree of Canadian resistance to Trump.
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Patrick James, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
With the Sydney defeat ending India's World Test Championship hopes, India should shrug aside sentimentality, even to Kohli who has almost transcended cricket due to his sheer fame and influence, and start afresh before the next cycle begins with a tough five-match away series against England.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Denial itself, needless to say, can be a driving force, and the frowning shrinks might point to the roiling energies of an Auerbach painting, and to his obsessive habit of scraping away the remains of a day’s brushwork and beginning afresh on the morrow.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Figures at Real believe United have a unique opportunity to start afresh on the same patch of land.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
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Patrick James, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
With the Sydney defeat ending India's World Test Championship hopes, India should shrug aside sentimentality, even to Kohli who has almost transcended cricket due to his sheer fame and influence, and start afresh before the next cycle begins with a tough five-match away series against England.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Denial itself, needless to say, can be a driving force, and the frowning shrinks might point to the roiling energies of an Auerbach painting, and to his obsessive habit of scraping away the remains of a day’s brushwork and beginning afresh on the morrow.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Figures at Real believe United have a unique opportunity to start afresh on the same patch of land.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afresh
Adverb
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Reese struggled again, scoring six points on 2-for-6 shooting.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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As Trump’s top second-term legislative priority remained in limbo, the courts once again were a thorn in his side on what to him may be his most important policy objective of all: his big, beautiful tariffs.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
Adverb
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The bond these women form becomes a strange, hallucinatory routine as Laura starts life anew after the car accident seems to have spared her, though violently, from an unfulfilling relationship with her boyfriend.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Despite being long needed, the decision to shut things down and start anew was not an easy one.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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“Afresh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afresh. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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