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novice

[nov-is] / ˈnɒv ɪs /


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OTTAWA—Mark Carney is a political novice no more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

As a novice motorman he was once confused by the glaring beams; “red lights shone in front of me like the rifle barrels of an approaching platoon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But start-ups have emerged offering app production for the novice, with the help of AI.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Davignon, who went on to become a vice president of the European Commission in the 1980s, was a novice diplomat at the time of the assassination.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

She told her father that if he ever mentioned marriage again, she would take the first train out of town and return to her convent as a novice.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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