new beginnings

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New beginnings refers to fresh starts or opportunities to begin again, often after endings, failures, or difficult periods.

The phrase emphasizes renewal and possibility: The new year symbolizes new beginnings, After the divorce, she moved across the country for new beginnings.

Though technically redundant—beginnings are inherently new—the phrase has become a fixed expression emphasizing hope and transformation.

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temporal phase

new beginningsendings

Concluding portions

conclusions · the end · final chapter · closure · finale

change vs. continuity

new beginningsstatus quo

Existing condition of affairs

stagnation · same old · rut · dead end · inertia

emotional valence of life stages

new beginningsbitter end

Unpleasant but complete conclusion

dead ends · final goodbye · last rites · point of no return · rock bottom

Family

beginnings

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G