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novel

[nov-uhl] / ˈnɒv əl /




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But Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets, offered a novel theory about what might have driven stocks higher on Monday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

She also runs a 12-month novel generator through the Dream Side, a teaching collective and writer’s retreat she formed with Meng Jin, Susanna Kwan and Shruti Swamy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The novel hinges on the presumed drowning of John Harmon, the mutual friend of its title.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"A novel aspect of the paper was our use of powerful mass spectrometry sequencing to identify molecular mimicry between the adenovirus vector protein and the PF4 culprit target," she says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

Nor can we leave success out of the history of parliamentary democracy or the novel; but democracies sometimes fail, and sometimes the novels get worse not better.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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