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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
Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
The wide stretch of beach, usually empty, invites you to sit outside in a low-slung chair with a bottle of beer and a spy novel, leaving you feeling like the island belongs to you (and to Ace, the manager’s German shepherd).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Financial institutions seeking to stop Illinois’ novel law banning certain credit card fees notched wins in both the state legislature and federal court yesterday, after a federal judge issued a permanent injunction on the law in question.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
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Noun
From the train station in Maienfeld, near the border with Liechtenstein, a footpath leads up to Heididorf, a reproduction of the idyllic farm where Johanna Spyri’s beloved children’s novel—named for its protagonist and published in 1880—is set.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
The wide stretch of beach, usually empty, invites you to sit outside in a low-slung chair with a bottle of beer and a spy novel, leaving you feeling like the island belongs to you (and to Ace, the manager’s German shepherd).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
Adjective
The prototype was integrated with low-loss superconducting windings, a novel brushless starting mechanism, and internal cryogenic cooling that functions while spinning.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Financial institutions seeking to stop Illinois’ novel law banning certain credit card fees notched wins in both the state legislature and federal court yesterday, after a federal judge issued a permanent injunction on the law in question.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novel
Noun
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Her stunning debut memoir is about how trauma upends narrative structures, and the struggle to write about it anyway despite its unwieldiness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Launched within JioHotstar with more than 100 original titles, Tadka features vertical, episodic stories ranging from 30 to 60 seconds, designed for mobile-first consumption with narratives rooted in everyday emotions, relationships and contemporary Indian culture.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 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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Students at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill designed and 3D-printed a new version of the vuvuzela, the loud plastic horn that became infamous during past international soccer tournaments.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Morgan and Tilis have other potential extensions to sort out over the next few months, as cornerback Mike Jackson and quarterback Bryce Young are among potential candidates for new deals.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Drawing on generations of Chinatown family lore and silences, See turns China City’s vanished streets and her ancestors’ immigrant gambles into a historical fiction layered with stories of survival and belonging.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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According to a helpful monograph called Ancient Potato Varieties of Tenerife, potatoes aren’t the fruit of the potato plant but its underground stems.—
Tamar Adler,
Vogue,
3 June 2026
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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
Adjective
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Early in The Hill, Harriet Clark’s extraordinary debut novel, the narrator, nine-year-old Suzanna, is let out of the car at an unfamiliar bank branch by Sylvie, her grandmother.—
Laura Miller,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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The Bahraini military urged residents to exercise caution around any unfamiliar or suspicious objects that may have fallen as a result of the attacks and to report them immediately to authorities.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The approach is one that Allen is known for, having spent her career drawing on personal anecdotes and relationships to fuel her songwriting.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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Allen’s gabfests later in the episode — with guests including singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme and baseball star Willie Mays — set the tone for the conversational, anecdote-rich interviews that set the late-night vibe that remains today.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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The 11 people killed after a chemical tank ruptured at a pulp and paper mill in Washington state last month all suffered chemical burns, officials said Thursday while releasing the autopsy results.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Whole fruit contains a lot of fibre and pulp (good), whereas juice strips all that out, leaving you with a glass of sugar and calories (bad).—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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“Novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novel. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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