novelty
Example Sentences
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Black Friday sales seem to have come into existence in the 1980s, first as a novelty but then as a powerful tradition that has become deeply ingrained in the American psyche.
But the recently charting AI tracks haven’t yet proved their staying power; novelty is a big part of their appeal.
A game between the Braves and Red Sox ended on a clock call and it was a novelty.
From Seattle Times
Eight thousand fans could fit in the bleachers and grandstands, with, as a novelty, room for people in 150 cars to watch the game from their flivvers.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite the seeming novelty of his approach, Mr. Johnson asserted his alliance to a historic lineage of rigorous formal composition.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
