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neophyte

[nee-uh-fahyt] / ˈni əˌfaɪt /


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How did a dusty old breakup lament become a hit for Francis, a neophyte?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“Not to sound like some kind of neophyte, but I thought that when you choose to love someone, you love that person. You build a family with them and you trust them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

The neophyte effects company bungled the pricing from the storyboards, however, not understanding they had to cut back several times to the same shots, sending the sequence 500% over budget.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday named Nicole Shanahan, a Silicon Valley lawyer, investor and political neophyte, as his running mate in his independent presidential bid.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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