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novel

[nov-uhl] / ˈnɒv əl /




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Or that an idea he had when looking at a children's playground would spark a novel way to improve recovery from knee injuries.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Norton, the showrunner of Netflix’s “Finding Her Edge,” said much of that show’s plot diverges from Jennifer Iacopelli’s novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

But Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets, offered a novel theory about what might have driven stocks higher on Monday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Virginia Woolf complained that Dickens compensated for weak plotting by “throwing another handful of people on the fire,” but the plot of Dickens’s 1865 novel, “Our Mutual Friend,” turns on death by water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

In place of sheet music, he had a novel propped up.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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