as in gadgets
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travel kits filled with small bars of soap, a folding toothbrush, and other novelties
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Recent Examples of novelties
The latest Coco Crush novelties feature the supple necklace and choker along with Signatures creations with the Ruban and Comète collections.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Revenue from the sales of programs, novelties, parking and concession dropped even more sharply—down 40%, from $858,548 to $511,960—while team-specific royalties fell 21% from $470,749 to $370,408.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Though denim fashion has homogenized over the past several seasons, Nauman Ahmad, Soorty’s head of product development and business development, sees a growing appetite for novelties.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Jan. 2026
There’s much to look forward to—the novelties due to come out at LVMH’s 2026 Watch Week in Milan later this month, for starters—but also much to fret over.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
The hero of the book’s first section is the sixteenth-century Spanish priest and writer Bartolomé de las Casas, who straddled the Old World and the New, issuing startling moral novelties to both.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
Best Shopping Desert General Store Curating a selection of art, clothing, jewelry, souvenirs, novelties, and books, Desert General Store’s owners Françoise Lazard and Patrick Zuchowicki import from around the world.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
Vendors will also sell warm drinks, hot dogs and novelties as participants march along the parade route.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
Admittedly, this may delight a curious gardener who enjoys seeing what novelties a volunteer plant can produce.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Revenue from the sales of programs, novelties, parking and concession dropped even more sharply—down 40%, from $858,548 to $511,960—while team-specific royalties fell 21% from $470,749 to $370,408.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Though denim fashion has homogenized over the past several seasons, Nauman Ahmad, Soorty’s head of product development and business development, sees a growing appetite for novelties.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Jan. 2026
There’s much to look forward to—the novelties due to come out at LVMH’s 2026 Watch Week in Milan later this month, for starters—but also much to fret over.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
The hero of the book’s first section is the sixteenth-century Spanish priest and writer Bartolomé de las Casas, who straddled the Old World and the New, issuing startling moral novelties to both.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
Best Shopping Desert General Store Curating a selection of art, clothing, jewelry, souvenirs, novelties, and books, Desert General Store’s owners Françoise Lazard and Patrick Zuchowicki import from around the world.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
Vendors will also sell warm drinks, hot dogs and novelties as participants march along the parade route.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
Admittedly, this may delight a curious gardener who enjoys seeing what novelties a volunteer plant can produce.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for novelties
Noun
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Your gadgets contain hazardous chemicals that can contaminate groundwater (not to mention, lithium batteries can start fires).—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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As people who write about food and kitchen gadgets for a living, Bon Appétit editors are constantly surrounded by a wide range of products.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Over the past few days, however, traders have reacted to the notion that AI also has the power to destroy the revenues of companies reliant on selling traditional software that can be replaced by AI.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The second annual Jambaloo erases that notion.—
Thor Christensen,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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What a great variety of stories and advertising.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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Davies’s direction reflects the variety of threads on which the movie’s subjectivity is based; one of the film’s most striking scenes occurs in the brothers’ absence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Novelties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novelties. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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