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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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Rather than simply representing properties, Métier Maison curates narratives—bringing together architecture, lifestyle, culture, and community to position homes within a broader, aspirational context.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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As everyday New Yorkers, their narratives embody the impact the attacks had on the millions of people who call this city home.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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The fictions of both films are factually contextualized from the start.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Corporations are legal fictions — a game of pretend in which fictional entities are created, registering with the state.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Times reported that the internal investigation was nearing its conclusion and included reviews of texts by Chavez-DeRemer, her husband and her father.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Concannon was ultimately found not to have sent any racist texts.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Over the course of this interview in Boulder, Baldwin enthralled an audience of hundreds with colorful anecdotes, vocal impressions and physical comedy bits.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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Some users shared comedic takes on the matter, while others shared their own anecdotes of similar situations.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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But the stakes involved, both artistic and social, make these recollections far more than mere yarns.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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They are made with supersoft long-staple zero-twist cotton yarns but have 550 GSM, so the towels air-dry after just about an hour and a half.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
3 Apr. 2026
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Along with Cengage, an education technology provider, the publisher claims the tech giant copied content from Hachette books and Cengage textbooks to train its large language model, Gemini, without asking permission.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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My grandmother isn’t in any textbooks, but her life brims with historical significance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Inside the media center, rows of workstations equipped with laptops and charging points allow reporters to file stories.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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Benjamin Frandsen is a poet, essayist, and advocate whose writing on incarceration, redemption, and resilience appears in exCHANGE magazine, Iconoclast, PEN America’s prison writing anthologies, UCLA Magazine, The Massachusetts Review, and other outlets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Eric is a seven-time APSE award winner; four of his stories received honorable mention recognition in the Best of American Sports Writing anthologies.—
Eric Prisbell,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Novels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novels. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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