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as in narrative
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as in novelette
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as in new
not known or experienced before
that's a novel idea for a TV series
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Recent Examples of novel
Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The best-selling novel was previously in development for a series on Freeform with The L Word‘s Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals exec producing.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
In recent years, old bank notes, straws of wheat, and old books have been used in novel ways.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
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Noun
The characters’ distinct perspectives overlap to build the world that is the novel.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The best-selling novel was previously in development for a series on Freeform with The L Word‘s Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals exec producing.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Adjective
Her analysis showed that at least a dozen of those fossils displayed characteristics hinting at a novel Tylosaurus species.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
In recent years, old bank notes, straws of wheat, and old books have been used in novel ways.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novel
Noun
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Pine Valley, our narrative home.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Digwa was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, concluding a case that the far-right has co-opted for its false narrative that British institutions, including the police, are biased against White Britons.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Noun
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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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That stands in contrast to the Nasdaq, which has already moved to fast-track SpaceX's inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index, leading to concerns that new retail investors could become the cash cow of exit liquidity for legacy SpaceX shareholders.—
Katie Foley,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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With Fairfield High’s graduation set to be held Friday, community members started a petition calling for it to be moved to a new location.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
Noun
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Clearly, the promotional popcorn stunts were effective marketing, inspiring fans to flock to comment sections and discussion threads to find out what was fact and what was fiction.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Its presidential reading room features thousands of books chosen by the Obamas, ranging from presidential biographies to best-selling fiction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Douglas Friedman’s upcoming monograph, Full Spectrum (Vendome Press), illuminates the extraordinary level of access the globe-trotting photographer has cultivated over the course of his career.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
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When Benedict Nicolson published a seminal monograph on the artist in 1968, his subtitle was Painter of Light.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This works because novel experiences require a degree of coordination, communication and problem-solving — factors that influence how reliable partners will seem in future unfamiliar situations.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The California Democrat was so unfamiliar to the incoming president that Biden badly mispronounced his name at an introductory news conference.—
Dan Diamond,
Washington Post,
31 May 2026
Noun
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His former security guard shares emotional anecdotes.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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His writing there was electrically interesting, combining anecdote, music and cultural criticism, and a distinct prose style that leaped from thought to thought with total trust that the reader would follow.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Under the supervision of Professor Michael Hummel, the outer layer of the wood was removed to expose its core, which was then shredded and processed into dissolvable pulp.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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Rinse the seeds to remove any remaining pulp and debris.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
28 May 2026
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“Novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novel. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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