New wave
New wave noun - Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts).
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Trend
Trend noun - A practice or interest that is very popular for a short time.
Usage example: still had a coat from the last trend for fake fur, when the material lined everything from boots to coats to bracelets
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New wave and trend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "New wave" instead a noun "Trend".
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- Then the first Modern Warfare easily outsold all of its predecessors, spawned a lengthy trend of sequels, reinvigorated the genre as well as expanded the franchise's name to casual audiences, and caused a new wave of modern day military shooters.
- Philippa Gregory's Tudor-era historical romance novels (starting with The Other Boleyn Girl) jumpstarted a new wave of imitators set in or around the reign of Henry VIII (a trend exacerbated by the TV series The Tudors).
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Trend and New wave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/new_wave/trend
New wave & Trend. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/new_wave/trend>.
Trend or New wave. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/new_wave/trend.
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