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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
Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
This is a massive experiment in the deregulation of novel, untested nuclear facilities that could pose grave threats to public health and safety.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Dream of a Woman is Plett’s third book of fiction, following the novel Little Fish.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Natasha Joukovsky Considers Ahead-of-Their-Time Novels Cecilia and Evelina Cecilia—that is, Frances Burney’s magnificent second novel—is breaking my heart.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
This is a massive experiment in the deregulation of novel, untested nuclear facilities that could pose grave threats to public health and safety.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
The project is a remake of the 1992 feature Single White Female that adapted author John Lutz’s novel SWF Seeks Same and starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Dream of a Woman is Plett’s third book of fiction, following the novel Little Fish.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novel
Noun
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At points, the government’s narrative about her became even more extreme.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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The narrative swap imbued the character with a more substantial motivation.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 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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Publicly available satellite imagery shows the school building was part of the military compound until about 2017, when a new wall was added to separate the two.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rosenthal believes stories about kids feeling nervous or afraid to try new things connect with both children and adults.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of fiction.—
Lilliam Rivera,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
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Sereno and his team were inspired by a discovery by a French geologist referenced in a monograph from the 1950s.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Sereno explained that the search for this new dinosaur began with a single line in a 1960s monograph.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Then, as dawn approached, the unfamiliar bird calls (the archipelago is home to more than 150 species) would carry me back to land.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
15 Mar. 2026
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The infection took longer in orbit because microgravity is an unfamiliar stressor to which both microbes must adapt, the researchers suggest.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Smith shares a distressing anecdote.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The anecdote also ended up in season two of Meghan’s Netflix lifestyle series With Love, Meghan, which premiered on the streaming service last August.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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According to OnceMore, the pulp can contain up to 50 percent recycled textile fibers and has the potential to reduce carbon emissions by as much as 30 percent compared with conventional viscose production, based on Higg MSI benchmarks.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2026
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The pulp may be too mushy for slicing or cutting, but the juice will still be flavorful.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novel. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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