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Examples of graphic novel in a Sentence
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The number-one book targeted for censorship is a graphic novel memoir about gender identity.
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Anna Bonesteel, Them, 12 July 2024
Penguin Random House is set to acquire comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom!
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Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
The series is an adaptation of the graphic novel series of the same name from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 July 2024
Telgemeier is the illustrator of the graphic novel adaptations of Ann M. Martin’s The Baby Sitters Club series.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near graphic novel
Cite this Entry
“Graphic novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graphic%20novel. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
graphic novel
noun
: a work of fiction or non-fiction that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book
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