as in gadgets
small useful items
travel kits filled with small bars of soap, a folding toothbrush, and other novelties
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Recent Examples of novelties
Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar all stock cooking tools, small appliances and storage helpers that go beyond cheap plastic novelties, and a handful are genuinely worth grabbing on your next run.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
The two-day festival will feature more than 90 vendor booths lining Broadway with arts, crafts, clothing, novelties, gifts and food.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Among all these elaborate and painstakingly studied novelties, loaves of barbari, the bread that kicked it off, await almost humbly.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Among the novelties in this edition, which lured close to 11,000 in both festival and industry events, were outdoor screenings, out of competition screenings and an extension to the capital of Bogotá which will showcase some nine Alternativa participants.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 May 2026
Watches and Wonders ran like clockwork in April, with 65 exhibiting brands showing off their latest novelties to around 60,000 visitors in Geneva and nearly 1 billion online.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026
Other novelties include indigo, gray and beige coatings and a gray coating on a black base, and a new construction with dark and light indigo rope dye.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 22 Apr. 2026
Some people would keep their claims as novelties, some as investments.
—Antony Davies, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Small and ominous-looking, the plants are commonly sold as novelties, and many a curious child (or adult) has triggered its sinister traps with a pencil to see its amazingly rapid response.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
The two-day festival will feature more than 90 vendor booths lining Broadway with arts, crafts, clothing, novelties, gifts and food.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Among all these elaborate and painstakingly studied novelties, loaves of barbari, the bread that kicked it off, await almost humbly.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Among the novelties in this edition, which lured close to 11,000 in both festival and industry events, were outdoor screenings, out of competition screenings and an extension to the capital of Bogotá which will showcase some nine Alternativa participants.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 May 2026
Watches and Wonders ran like clockwork in April, with 65 exhibiting brands showing off their latest novelties to around 60,000 visitors in Geneva and nearly 1 billion online.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026
Other novelties include indigo, gray and beige coatings and a gray coating on a black base, and a new construction with dark and light indigo rope dye.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 22 Apr. 2026
Some people would keep their claims as novelties, some as investments.
—Antony Davies, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Small and ominous-looking, the plants are commonly sold as novelties, and many a curious child (or adult) has triggered its sinister traps with a pencil to see its amazingly rapid response.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for novelties
Noun
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The new pitter, a Lamborghini of kitchen gadgets, works on 6 cherries at a time, pushing out the pits and leaving the cherries in pristine condition.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
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But while Batman tends to save lives with a plethora of gadgets and advanced combat techniques, the actor playing him wound up needing nothing more than the good old-fashioned Heimlich maneuver.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
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The property is reachable by water, and any notion of building or installing amenities comes with a to-do list that starts with conversations with local agencies.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2026
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Some Montana hunters balk at the notion that corner-crossing needs to be defined, at all.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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But as the uptake of telehealth has grown substantially since the start of the covid pandemic, McClain is one of millions of Americans who have used online companies to meet a variety of their medical needs.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The rooms For a smaller resort, there's a surprising variety among the accommodations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 May 2026
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“Novelties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novelties. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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