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  • noun Plural form of newcomer.

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Examples

  • Every individual defection was the result of a combination of factors, he said, but the latest group had been spurred largely by tensions arising from the appointment of what he called newcomers to senior positions in the security services.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • I think the biggest issue for newcomers is accessing the help - Ubuntu has help in place: in the forums, on ubuntu. com and in the operating system, but for some reason they're not utilized as well as they should be.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • Italian football is so different to the game we play in England it seemed reasonable to assume newcomers from a Serie A background would need a season or two to get over the culture shock, so it was quite easy to predict that Carlo Ancelotti would struggle to hit the ground running at Chelsea or that Roberto Mancini was completely the wrong choice to control clashing egos at Manchester City.

    Roberto Mancini is showing the bottle needed to be a success Paul Wilson 2010

  • The recent spate of lawsuits is mainly focused on the mobile-phone market, where relative newcomers from the computer industry are jostling for position, tangling with entrenched players.

    Tech Firms Intensify Clashes Over Patents Don Clark 2010

  • The young cast of newcomers is already beginning to see the effects of Glee mania.

    This week's cover: Why America is falling for 'Glee' | EW.com 2009

  • Promoting existing players on the roster and grooming newcomers is critical with Anderson expected to jump to the NBA and F Obi Muonelo leaving after a productive four-year career.

    Big 12 Conference 2010

  • Promoting existing players on the roster and grooming newcomers is critical with Anderson expected to jump to the NBA and F Obi Muonelo leaving after a productive four-year career.

    Oklahoma State - Team Notes 2010

  • The move is the latest in a spate of lawsuits in the tech sector, mainly focused on the mobile-phone market, where relative newcomers from the computer industry are jostling for position, tangling with entrenched players.

    Business Watch 2010

  • “Being new you may not see them at first, but one purpose in my greeting newcomers is to open your eyes to see what surrounds you.”

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • He describes Olema as a "fool's school," at which he, as the self-described patriarch, attempted to instill in newcomers an awareness that the Digger doctrine of self-sovereignty involved not only complete freedom of individual action, but also the individual's responsibility for the welfare of the group.

    Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

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