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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
The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Based on the Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture Of The Gods), the story follows a demon child raised by humans, who forms an uneasy alliance with the dragon prince, Ao Bing, in an epic battle to protect their clans.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Lee Billings, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2025
With the whopping damages figure and novel application of the Texas law, a number of legal observers, as well as the National Association of Broadcasters, see the lawsuit as frivolous.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
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In this tender début novel, Daniel, the precocious pre-teen protagonist, comes of age in rural England.
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And to my mind, people thinking in such novel ways is not happening enough.
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Meanwhile, Democrats, whose votes may not be required to propel Trump’s budget into law, are nonetheless practiced at pummeling the majority party using a political and up-to-the-minute economic narrative.—
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The narrative of his last four seasons has been of the premature end to his once-elite prime.—
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Graphic novelettes issued by the U.S. Army Cyber Institute aim to educate soldiers about digital threats Stephen Cass 23 Mar 2018 3 min read Stephen Cass is the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum.—
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The next year, Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo, for her novelette Folding Beijing.—
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That's nothing new from Brown; the Tony-winning composer writes the kind of music that moves, endears, tickles, and entertains.—
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Update: Republished on April 7 with reports into new surge in mobile attacks.—
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The parallels between real life and fiction were haunting.—
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Martin Becker, a professor of environment science and a paleontologist at William Paterson University, had planned to collaborate with a colleague on a comprehensive monograph featuring his fossil collection, according to the civil suit filed last week in Superior Court in Passaic County.—
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The Centre Pompidou is hosting a monograph of Suzanne Valadon, who helped birth artistic modernity.—
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Understandably, the team felt a degree of apprehension due to the focus on acquiring new clients in an unfamiliar market, which marked a departure from our traditional operations.—
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Britton Moore stepped into unfamiliar territory during The Voice Season 27 Knockouts — and came out with a win.—
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But Leslie does an extraordinary job of providing context for familiar anecdotes, and there are many that will feel surprising.—
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While Thibodeau praised Brunson’s early conditioning efforts — including pool and bike workouts — the overwhelming majority of data and anecdotes say players can only get in game shape through game reps.—
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The cusps on their teeth, paleontologists have noticed, represent precursors of the broad, grinding molars that later elephants would rely on to pulp vegetation.—
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The white pulp’s taste is a melange of apple and cucumber and it may be eaten raw or cooked.—
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“Novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novel. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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