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novel

[nov-uhl] / ˈnɒv əl /




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Or that an idea he had when looking at a children's playground would spark a novel way to improve recovery from knee injuries.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

She’s working on her third novel, on Malaysia, where she was born before emigrating at age 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

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

Virginia Woolf complained that Dickens compensated for weak plotting by “throwing another handful of people on the fire,” but the plot of Dickens’s 1865 novel, “Our Mutual Friend,” turns on death by water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Based on the tone of her voice, you’d think I just asked him if he wanted to read an entire novel in Greek.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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