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novel

[nov-uhl] / ˈnɒv əl /




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In recent years, GSK has largely gone after deals for drugs with proven disease targets, rather than novel mechanisms that carry a higher risk of failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Given a blank check, Fennell brings the world of Brontë’s novel to life — not with staggering realism, as so many other adaptations have, but with fervent fantasy.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Popular rom-com author Emily Henry, whose 2021 novel “People We Meet on Vacation” was made into a Netflix movie starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, was also happy with her role.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Finding themselves in new countries, they also found an opportunity to turn their attention to novel problems.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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