novelty

Example Sentences

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A recent social-media trend has people sharing photos from 2016 and yearning for a time when bloggers had not yet turned into influencers and social media still was something of a novelty for many.

From MarketWatch

Think small, perishable, and plausibly ironic like a single excellent chocolate bar, a slim paperback with a clever premise, or a novelty that suggests taste rather than effort.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, under the cover of technological novelty, Congress is close to granting that exemption to platforms performing economically identical functions.

From Barron's

We are surrounded by the suggestion, rarely stated outright but hard to miss, that dinnertime should be an ongoing exercise in novelty.

From Salon

Though it’s still early 2026, the turbulence of the last few weeks is overshadowing its novelty.

From Los Angeles Times