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Recent Examples of novels
Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for novels
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However, as evidenced by the analysis from Hoffman, Owusu-Ansah, and the rest of the team at the real Pitt, these stories can enjoy a second life if those who are writing the narratives of today chose to amplify them.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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What surrounds that figure is harder to parse, because two loud and opposing narratives are vying for attention.—
Tonya M. Evans,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Stressful texts aside, Zortea turns to the group chat for the girlhood.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Bryant did not respond Wednesday to The Star’s texts or calls.—
Eric Adler
June 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.—
Ivan Kreilkamp,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 2026
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The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Moreover, although virtually unseen at the time, technological advances were beginning to unlock the oil lodged in very dense shale rocks, something that petroleum textbooks had previously said was commercially impossible.—
Daniel Yergin,
Time,
20 June 2026
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Many private lenders cap borrowing at the cost of attendance (minus, including tuition, room and board and textbooks (minus other aid).—
Evan Zimmer,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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The field guide also includes other anecdotes about Ringel’s time working as a line producer on an Issa Rae pilot, as well as Levy Dagerman’s time working with producer Ted Hope.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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The anecdotes conveyed a pride in knowing Tsietsi and solidarity with his family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The journalist and host of BBC Radio 2’s lunchtime slot picks books ranging from murder mysteries to poetry anthologies.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
15 May 2026
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Using a non-comparative, cradle-to-gate method that excluded downstream applications and packaging, the study tracked materials from extraction or waste collection to the final textile-ready product, whether PET chips, staple fiber or yarns.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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These longer fibers can be spun into finer, smoother and more durable yarns, securing Egyptian cotton’s place in high-end shirting, bedding, and premium fabrications.—
Kaja Grujic,
Vogue,
4 June 2026
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One way to reduce the risk of this happening is to connect the AI model to a body of legal material, such as case law and treatises.—
Ellen Sheng,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Skyhorse has since published a dozen or so books by Kennedy, including a memoir and several more anti-vaccine treatises.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Novels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novels. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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