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Recent Examples of nouvelle
Cuisine here is often tapas style, but portions are hardly nouvelle.
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Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2021
For one, the cooking trends of nouvelle and molecular gastronomy are, well, no longer trendy.
—Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Lameloise’s food was traditional Burgundian haute cuisine updated with nouvelle touches.
—Adam Shatz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
There’s nothing ordinary about a meal at Jeune et Jolie, the chic and charming nouvelle French restaurant in Carlsbad that’s on everyone’s short list for best new restaurant of the year.
—Michele Parente, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
Nous sommes avec le peuple américain, une nouvelle fois endeuillé.
—Alex Ward, Vox, 27 Oct. 2018
This trendy bar still believes in the nouvelle style of molecular pizzazz.
—Seth Shezi, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2018
Ella Brennan, who was credited with creating nouvelle Creole cuisine at her Commander’s Palace restaurant and was the matriarch of a New Orleans family that owns more than a dozen restaurants, died May 31 at her home in New Orleans.
—Washington Post, 2 June 2018
La France paye une nouvelle fois le prix du sang mais ne cède pas un pouce aux ennemis de la liberté (2/2).
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 13 May 2018
Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2021
For one, the cooking trends of nouvelle and molecular gastronomy are, well, no longer trendy.
—Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Lameloise’s food was traditional Burgundian haute cuisine updated with nouvelle touches.
—Adam Shatz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
There’s nothing ordinary about a meal at Jeune et Jolie, the chic and charming nouvelle French restaurant in Carlsbad that’s on everyone’s short list for best new restaurant of the year.
—Michele Parente, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
Nous sommes avec le peuple américain, une nouvelle fois endeuillé.
—Alex Ward, Vox, 27 Oct. 2018
This trendy bar still believes in the nouvelle style of molecular pizzazz.
—Seth Shezi, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2018
Ella Brennan, who was credited with creating nouvelle Creole cuisine at her Commander’s Palace restaurant and was the matriarch of a New Orleans family that owns more than a dozen restaurants, died May 31 at her home in New Orleans.
—Washington Post, 2 June 2018
La France paye une nouvelle fois le prix du sang mais ne cède pas un pouce aux ennemis de la liberté (2/2).
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 13 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nouvelle
Adjective
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The planes are modern, with the average aircraft being less than seven years old.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the modern game, from Tests to T20s and The Hundred, each side will now tend to include more than one gun fielder.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Newbury Boston Day One in Boston Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star The Newbury Boston in the city’s fashionable Back Bay neighborhood is a wonderful choice for your stay.—
Kim Foley MacKinnon,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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What starts as a rouse to complete a business deal quickly evolves into something a little too real between the unsuspecting pair—while Sabrina’s Vogue internship in Paris adds an extra touch of fashionable fun.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Japanese, slight in build, sporting a gray T-shirt, with inky hair cut into a modish bowl, neither Greenberg nor Bowyer yet knew the man’s name — Ippei Mizuhara.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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In contrast to Scribner’s modish black exterior, the library is cast in blond wood with leather and wood seating and plenty of plush spots to curl up with complimentary coffee around a central fireplace.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The program aims to demonstrate the breadth and depth of their art form — with pieces spanning the classical, folkloric, contemporary and flamenco styles — and the company’s half-century of output, earning them apt praise both here and abroad.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The film explores contemporary anxieties, echoing school shootings and societal unrest.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Today, all the newfangled electronic devices in our homes run only on DC power—even lighting fixtures, now that LEDs have replaced incandescent bulbs.—
Rhett Allain,
Wired News,
1 Aug. 2025
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The British designer forged a newfangled take on a direct-to-consumer fashion brand, launching all the main product categories at once, but producing them in limited quantities in order to sidestep overproduction, one of the biggest blights on the fashion industry.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Others suggested the 50-foot steel sculpture was a bird, a horse, a Viking ship, a baboon or a modernistic representation of Picasso’s dog.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Lovevook Laptop Tote Bag Looking stylish for work doesn’t have to mean compromising on function.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Thankfully, Amazon has plenty of stylish wrinkle-free tops that won’t get creased on the way to your destination.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That new equalized funding formula went into effect after a three-year transition period in 2024, when 44 groups each got $9,269, according to the three-year awards report.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Swiss transportation company Twiliner is kicking off a new night bus service later this year that will be more akin to a business class airline seat than your typical bus.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Nouvelle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouvelle. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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