novelty

Restaurant staff say the novelty has brought a surge in customers -- some travelling from across the sprawling port city to meet the robots.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Guerra said that “incremental” approach made Latinos mainstream to the point where the novelty of another milestone quickly wore off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Delivery drone services, not long ago a novelty, are becoming part of everyday life for many people in the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

She had a letter, too, from Florence, and it was perhaps this novelty that distracted her attention.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Americans buy more than $9 billion of frozen novelties a year, according to market-research firm Circana, up 20% over the past five years, with the growth driven by upstart brands like GoodPop, Yasso and JonnyPops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

His goal with these novelties was to both educate visitors about scientific principles and get children excited about the subject, which can get flattened in the traditional school system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 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

Perhaps it was because I was a novelty here, where novelties were few and far between.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer