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novelty

[nov-uhl-tee] / ˈnɒv əl ti /




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But there's a more subtle problem that hasn't attracted the same headline-grabbing attention: that AI could undermine faith in the scientific process, raising questions about the novelty and accuracy of research.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective tales “combined a sense of immediate novelty with a reassuring regularity of form.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Beneath the novelty of having a humanoid robot in my apartment was the awareness that the robot’s every move was being streamed directly to teleoperators sitting in Tau’s headquarters a few miles away.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The production’s novelty: Audience members wear headphones, so we hear Lucas’s voice more intimately, and also the creaks and thumps and eerie noises that enhance the chilling tale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

We took turns stabbing at the keys, but as soon as the novelty wore off, we bolstered it with sofa cushions and turned it into a fort.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

I decided to speak, both because that’s how therapy is typically carried out, and because I wanted to get a sense of this space’s technical novelties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

These two stories might seem like unrelated novelties — a viral toy and a tech-bro flex from a provincial government.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Like every year, robots are a major presence at CES, with companies hoping they will break into the mainstream as useful devices instead of novelties.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

Youn sells mostly kitchenwares and other novelties, including ceramic teapots made in Korea and bird boxes handcrafted in France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

Sprinkled among these exhibits were novelties of all kinds.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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