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as in narrative
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as in novelette
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not known or experienced before
that's a novel idea for a TV series
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Recent Examples of novel
Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 14 June 2026
Well, the novel is of course at the centre of our world–our north star.
—Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 12 June 2026
Manesh Muthu Swamy, co-founder and chief creative officer of Indian content production firm FirstAI Consultancy, told CNBC that his team found a novel approach to making an animation project using AI.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 June 2026
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Noun
The opera, an adaptation of Dorothy and DuBose Heyward’s play (itself an adaptation of the latter’s 1925 novel), tells the story of a disabled Black beggar hailing from Charleston, who attempts to rescue Bess from her drug dealer and controlling lover.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 14 June 2026
Well, the novel is of course at the centre of our world–our north star.
—Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Adjective
But Wembanyama was entirely novel.
—Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 12 June 2026
Manesh Muthu Swamy, co-founder and chief creative officer of Indian content production firm FirstAI Consultancy, told CNBC that his team found a novel approach to making an animation project using AI.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novel
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Under the partnership, Virtue Asia and COL will work together to package opportunities for regional marketers across microdrama, vertical video and mobile-first narrative entertainment.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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One of the biggest shifts happening in menopause research is the move away from scary narratives about the aging female brain.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
17 June 2026
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Alfred Hitchcock turned one of Woolrich’s novelettes into Rear Window, for which Woolrich was paid the grand sum of $650.—
Sam Kashner,
Air Mail,
12 Apr. 2025
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What began as an audio-only novelette (drawing on el-Mohtar’s own experience with the harp) has transformed into a novella with illustrations: In the town of Thistleford, Hawthorn sisters Esther and Ysabel raise their voices together to sing about everything from adventure to sadness.—
Natalie Zutter
January 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The first colorway will be available in an all-blue silhouette that also features Clark's new signature logo.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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On Wednesday, federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss all charges in the case, citing new video evidence.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Understanding an absent father through fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Zevin’s novel has been named one of the 100 best books of the 21st century by the New York Times and one of the best fiction books of the last 30 years by the Los Angeles Times.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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This monograph recently figured into a larger one-day conference dedicated to the work and cultural legacy of the Armenian painter organized by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice at Aula Baratto on May 25.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
12 June 2026
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This is the first new active ingredient added to the over-the-counter sunscreen monograph since the late 1990s.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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In the early stages of a relationship, self-expansion is largely automatic, as new partners are most inclined at this point to learn about each other’s unfamiliar interests, social circles, habits and ideas.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Greene worries that rising prices and the disappearance of mass-market paperbacks could create a future where fewer readers take chances on unfamiliar authors.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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Almost instantly, an anecdote popped into my head that had been told to me decades earlier by a dear friend—a German Jew who had been born in Berlin early in the twentieth century.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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The field guide also includes other anecdotes about Ringel’s time working as a line producer on an Issa Rae pilot, as well as Levy Dagerman’s time working with producer Ted Hope.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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The eight-hour limited series — based on yet another pulp mystery novel by Harlan Coben, this one from 2023 — focuses on a guy named David (Sam Worthington), your usual husband and father who’s been wrongly convicted of a very unusual atrocity.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
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Spencer went on to marry Raine, Countess of Dartmouth — her mother was the romantic fiction novelist Barbara Cartland, who showered Diana’s world with pulp romance.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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“Novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novel. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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