How to Use new wave in a Sentence

new wave

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  • Nashville is among a new wave of cities hoping to do the same.
    — Oliver Milman, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2023
  • This new wave of spaces is designed to show off the full range of Dion Lee.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And a new wave of young buyers is what’s made the difference.
    — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In the 1970s, a new wave of American cooking began to emerge from the meat and potatoes of the past.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The food that Kasama is doing is special and part of this new wave of Chicago food.
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
  • More rounds of cheers went up as new waves of swimmers splashed into the water.
    — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • Cruel World taps into the many veins of goth-rock, new wave and post-punk that ruled airwaves and the underground in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The antics spurred a new wave of moviegoers, who rushed to theaters fearing the film was about to be banned.
    — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Forty-five years and six more albums later, the debut remains a landmark of new wave rock.
    — L. Wayne Hicks, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • Sire released some of the most adventurous music from punk and new wave.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The men learn of the new wave of competition and Jesse shares some unexpected news with the women.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Yeah Yeahs latest and one of four entries for Brit new wave revivalists Wet Leg.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • North is the Mediterranean Sea, and just beyond that is Europe, whose leaders are panicked at the prospect of a new wave of migrants.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The Oura Ring and Apple Watch are here now, but a new wave of devices will define the future of fitness metrics.
    — Lindsay Berra, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The Trans Am had been riding a new wave of popularity since its starring role in the movie Smokey and the Bandit.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
  • After punk came new wave and then the New Romantic movement.
    — Billboard Italy, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Formerly a 1960s health resort, the hotel is part of a new wave of stylish new developments in the ski town.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Hall joined the band in the late 1970s, and helped lead the collective through the two-tone genre movement in Britain, fusing sounds of ska music with elements of punk and new wave.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The world of cannabis is constantly evolving, and a new wave of products has been taking the industry by storm: THCP.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • These days, a new wave of Hispanic migrants was arriving in Iowa to fill tens of thousands of vacant jobs across the state.
    — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The rise of contingency fee cases kicked off a new wave of lobbying across the nation.
    — Shalina Chatlani, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • There isn’t any more snow in Portland’s short-term forecast, but a new wave of rain should arrive Thursday and likely will stick around through the weekend.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2022
  • But not everyone agrees with this emerging consensus, and a new wave of empiricism has emerged over the past decade.
    — Jacob Beck, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • With the tournament leading up to Spain’s performance in the final, this World Cup tournament has marked a new wave of growth in the women’s game.
    — Jackie Gutierrez, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • And to meet these challenges, the EU is poised to embark on a new wave of enlargement with major consequences for the future of the continent.
    — Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • She was known for her controversial punk and new wave styles in the 1970s, as well as her on-runway activism for causes like climate change.
    — Summer Meza, The Week, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Allocate plenty of time to look closely at each notebook page, to watch videos, and to listen to music, from classical to jazz to hip hop to new wave.
    — Natasha Gural, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Navalny’s return to Russia in early 2021 and his own arrest sparked a new wave of powerful protests.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
  • More recently, the Israel-Gaza conflict has spawned a new wave of deepfakes, though fewer than some observers feared.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Americans are looking for greener ways to die, and a new wave of deathcare startups are rising to the occasion.
    — Kari Paul, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023

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