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as in narrative
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as in novelette
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as in new
not known or experienced before
that's a novel idea for a TV series
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Recent Examples of novel
Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
This is a massive experiment in the deregulation of novel, untested nuclear facilities that could pose grave threats to public health and safety.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Dream of a Woman is Plett’s third book of fiction, following the novel Little Fish.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Natasha Joukovsky Considers Ahead-of-Their-Time Novels Cecilia and Evelina Cecilia—that is, Frances Burney’s magnificent second novel—is breaking my heart.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
This is a massive experiment in the deregulation of novel, untested nuclear facilities that could pose grave threats to public health and safety.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
The project is a remake of the 1992 feature Single White Female that adapted author John Lutz’s novel SWF Seeks Same and starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Dream of a Woman is Plett’s third book of fiction, following the novel Little Fish.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for novel
Noun
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Having built his fame through social media and then parlayed his skills at climbing vertiginous structures, photography and drone operation into a lucrative art career — one partly built on non-fungible tokens — Wright has a narrative that’s also a quintessentially 21st-century success story.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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And the narrative was, ‘The world is flat, NIL has made everyone equal.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Alfred Hitchcock turned one of Woolrich’s novelettes into Rear Window, for which Woolrich was paid the grand sum of $650.—
Sam Kashner,
Air Mail,
12 Apr. 2025
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What began as an audio-only novelette (drawing on el-Mohtar’s own experience with the harp) has transformed into a novella with illustrations: In the town of Thistleford, Hawthorn sisters Esther and Ysabel raise their voices together to sing about everything from adventure to sadness.—
Natalie Zutter
January 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His father, Bob, got a new role with ENT Credit Union.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Both actors are calling in from New York City, where Ball is about to make his Broadway debut in a new play, Becky Shaw, while Briones is preparing to join the cast of the musical Just in Time for her second turn on Broadway this April.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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As the writer of some of Deadwood’s and Lost’s best episodes, creator Liz Sarnoff was exactly the person to make something special of Cornwell’s airport fiction.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Certain passages in the fiction of Jane Bowles read like this.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Sereno and his team were inspired by a discovery by a French geologist referenced in a monograph from the 1950s.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Sereno explained that the search for this new dinosaur began with a single line in a 1960s monograph.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Then, as dawn approached, the unfamiliar bird calls (the archipelago is home to more than 150 species) would carry me back to land.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
15 Mar. 2026
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The infection took longer in orbit because microgravity is an unfamiliar stressor to which both microbes must adapt, the researchers suggest.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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The point is to relay an anecdote or a bit of history about the brand and Booker Noe himself, and his son and current master distiller Fred Noe says this release is all about his dad’s fondness for New Orleans and its food—and one hot dog cart in particular.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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This fox’s story goes beyond an unusual animal-interest anecdote.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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The way Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett work, the film has enough pulp craft to walk the line between violence and camp.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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According to OnceMore, the pulp can contain up to 50 percent recycled textile fibers and has the potential to reduce carbon emissions by as much as 30 percent compared with conventional viscose production, based on Higg MSI benchmarks.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2026
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