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as a synonym for Newton's laws, or gravity
1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 181:For one awful second that seemed to last a year the hatch cover resisted, and then the Avilda, as if she knew, took a steep slide down an unexpected swell, Newton kicked in and the hatch cover slid over the hold with a resounding clang.
1993, Will Osborne, Anthony Herrera, Smoke & Mirrors: A Comedy/murder Mystery, Samuel French, Inc., →ISBN, page 14:CLARK. (Interrupts a bite of Fig Newton.) Changes? Changes? What changes? / HAMILTON. (Thossing Clark a Fig Newton.) Have another Newton, Clark.
1993 May 11, David L. Hall, The Arimaspian Eye, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 158:[…] Michael found himself standing in a supermarket, smiling broadly but without the slightest idea why. Then his eyes gradually focused upon what he must have vaguely noted just before: to his right on the uppermost shelf, among many sorts of cakes and cookies, stacked tightly between the Fig Newtons and the Apple Newtons, there was a new product—"Blueberry Newtons."
1999, Brandweek, volume 40, page 8:[…] eating a Newton out of her purse. […] Despite the recipe change, Fig Newtons will maintain its nutritional profile, without adding calories or fat.
2008, Mico T. Slattery, Towards a Comparative Study of the Concept of Mind/consciousness in Western Science, Eastern Mysticism and American Indian Thought, page 122:[I went to the ant nest and left some] cookies there, and by the afternoon, all the ants were out of the house. Weeks later, I saw ants inside again, checked their nest, and sure enough, the cookies were gone. I purchased some more Newtons, and laid them out. It cost next to nothing to throw a few cookies out every few weeks, and I did not have to destroy the ant people.