as in new
not known or experienced before
that's a novel idea for a TV series
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as in narrative
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as in novelette
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Recent Examples of novel
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
Shaw was also renowned as a writer of multiple novels, plays, and screenplays.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 June 2025
Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 23 June 2025
For some younger consumers — Gen Zers, who didn’t grow up with landlines and stereos — plug-in phones and vinyl records must also carry some novel charm.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
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Adjective
The filmmaker says the new doc captures the tough environment surrounding the adaptation of Peter Benchley’s novel.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
Shaw was also renowned as a writer of multiple novels, plays, and screenplays.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
Just two months after launch, ESA's Biomass mission is already delivering on its promise, offering a glimpse into the potential of its novel radar system.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 23 June 2025
For some younger consumers — Gen Zers, who didn’t grow up with landlines and stereos — plug-in phones and vinyl records must also carry some novel charm.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novel
Adjective
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The largest provisions in the legislation would extend expiring tax cuts and create a few new ones, and a dramatic increasing in spending on border security.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Click here to sign up for a new account and receive your choice of $150 in bonus bets or a $1,000 first bet safety net offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Noun
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The gallery’s setting, marooned on the tiny island of Illa del Rei reached by boat from the Mahón harbor, feels cut off from reality, and is an ideal stage for her looped, surreal narratives.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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There’s a dangerous narrative that refugees threaten national identity.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
25 June 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
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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
Adjective
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For brand builders and business leaders, the insight is simple: AI doesn’t need to feel robotic or unfamiliar.—
Allen Adamson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Charlie Brown loves camp and is determined to make his final year special, but Sally, a first-time camper, is nervous and skeptical of the new and unfamiliar place.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Megan Abbott is my favorite suspense/crime fiction writer working today.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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Unique blend of literary and historical fiction as well as a penetrating exploration of philosophy, art, historical responsibility and guilt in the context of war.—
Book Marks
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The exhibition was catalyzed by the recent publication of Pulp Hope 2, the sequel to Pope’s hard-to-find 2007 monograph.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Trained initially as an economist, Salgado spent much of his long career documenting the effects of heavy industry on the environment, from a monograph on gold mining in his native Brazil to a book on oil fires in Kuwait.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Such stalling of regulatory activity is unprecedented.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The scale of Squid Game’s success is indeed unprecedented.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Reddit users immediately rushed to share both their shock and poke fun at the incident through lighthearted takes and grotesque anecdotes about the dangers that may be lurking in some seafood dishes.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Nevertheless, the ordinary people of Iran have not acted on these sentiments and, based on anecdotes from visitors to Iran, are very welcoming toward Americans.—
Mohammad Hosseini,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
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“Novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novel. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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