WAFB: 15-year-old ‘Adolescence’ star makes Emmys history as youngest male actor winner
(AP) - In a piece of Emmys history, a 15-year-old was named the youngest male actor winner for his work as a troubled killer in “Adolescence.” Owen Cooper, 15, shattered the Emmy record for youngest ...
Bleacher Report: Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Named 2025 AP Male Athlete of the Year, Makes History
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Named 2025 AP Male Athlete of the Year, Makes History
'A year' can be any year without any specification. But 'the year' means a particular/specified year or the one which is already mentioned and thereby known. E.g: In a year there are twelve months. (means any year or all years) I was born in the year 2000. (in that particular year) Grammatically 'a/an' is known as indefinite article and 'the' is definite article. The indefinite article (a/an ...
The comparison with "the second year and the last year" supports plural rather than singular. In that "full" version, each occurrence of the word year clearly relates to a single year.
Unless you're talking about Chinese (or Persian) New Year, the name of the celebration isn't New Year but New Year's Eve, and it happens on the last day of the old year.
The New Year or New Year - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange