Sentence:  Because of his brain injury and the extreme damage suffered to his sight , the patient had to train himself for a <WSD>new</WSD> line of work , that of a portfolio maker , an occupation requiring a great deal of precision in the making of measurements and a fairly well developed sense of form and contour . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered