new-found

British

adjective

newly or recently discovered

new-found confidence

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Rowdy was really enjoying his new-found friends.

From Literature

And England's new-found ambition underpinned a year of growth – winning a series in Argentina with a depleted squad and defeating New Zealand for just the ninth time in their 120-year rivalry as part of an unbeaten autumn.

From BBC

It is this evolution between father and daughter that provides the emotional backbone to the film, and through which tensions play out over their new-found freedoms in Europe -- something her father struggles to adjust to.

From Barron's

Sabalenka, who needed two hours and two minutes to beat Austria's Potapova, displayed her new-found resilience by extending her record streak in Grand Slam tie-breaks.

From BBC

Back when she was 17 and starting out as an actress, she was cast in the TV drama Skins, but the new-found fame brought out a previously buried trauma.

From BBC

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