Meanings
proper nounNewsom (plural Newsoms)
plural Newsoms
- A surname.
1 more example
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness. […] California has been on the forefront of plastic bag bans. In 2007, Mr. Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco, signed a law that made the city the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in grocery stores.
2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2024
Origin
Variant of Newsome.
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APA
Newsom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newsom
MLA
“Newsom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newsom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Newsom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newsom.
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