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novelty

[nov-uhl-tee] / ˈnɒv əl ti /




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At a time when even the greatest achievements are debased in a culture that gives equal weight to meritricious novelty, is it even worth the trouble?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

But maybe Le Sserafim's most fearless move is sampling 1990s novelty song The Macarena for their current single, Boompala.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“There is clearly a shift from fitness tracker and fitness novelty to embedded health device,” said Shawn DuBravac, a futurist and former chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The project faced the usual realities—bureaucracy, competing interests, cost overruns—yet the design stayed remarkably intact because important stakeholders insisted on integrity over novelty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Now he was used to such things, a roadside commonplace, but back then, before the coarsening and general numbness, when it was a novelty and when everything was new, he felt it sharply.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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