1.
New Year or the New Year is the time when people celebrate the start of a year.
Happy New Year, everyone...
The restaurant was closed over the New Year...
He returned home each year to celebrate Christmas and New Year with his family.
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2.
The New Year is the first few weeks of a year.
Isabel was expecting their baby in the New Year...
The oil shortages could lead the government to raise prices before the New Year.
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