novels

plural of novel

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Noun
  • Traditional narratives obscure the role slavery might have played in Texas’ drive for independence and portray the Alamo’s defenders as freedom fighters.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The narratives have started to run rampant leading up to the conclusion of the MLB season, and especially with the Dodgers' league-leading payroll and murmurs of an MLB lockout in 2027, one that has begun gaining traction, is that the Dodgers are Goliath and the Blue Jays are David.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The End, the past year has seen a surge in speculative fictions about super-rich characters who hunker down in expensive isolation as the world burns.
    Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
  • It is rooted in the dehumanizing language and convenient fictions that precede acts of violence.
    Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It is surrounded by the story of the Design Center building in texts and images on the gallery walls.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The same goes for answering anyone’s e-mails or texts in a timely fashion.
    Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Over and over, Art gifted me with his deep knowledge of Pacific flora and volunteered anecdotes of his extensive sociological fieldwork.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • These are not anecdotes but lifelines.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The mill’s Flexy Form concept showcases high-stretch denim with soft-touch yarns, excellent recovery, and body-shaping flexibility—designed to adapt to all body types and lifestyles.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • It is made of the brand's signature sculpting fabric and also contains collagen yarns.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When instructing his students to open their textbooks to page 67, Dannenbring will suddenly adopt the timbre of his enthusiastic seventh graders, who immediately protest their teacher using a phrase that does not belong to him.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Isaac Elementary School District Seeks a $10 million bond for furniture, equipment, technology, software, textbooks and instructional aids.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The thrill of the unexplained is what prompts so many to take ghost tours, which often tell juicy and sometimes goosebump-inducing stories that give historic sites a richer context.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Those stories kept the massive, icy North American territory in his mind until this year.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Like most anthologies, horror or otherwise, they can be hit or miss, though just about every one of the individual segments in the franchise is good for a scare or at least a laugh.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Novels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novels. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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