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novice

[nov-is] / ˈnɒv ɪs /


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One mistake novice buyers make is chasing yields for yields’ sake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In 2020, the city’s establishment initially dismissed Raman, then a political novice, as a wokosa fluke, until she beat David Ryu, who became the first L.A. council incumbent to lose in 17 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

"I wanted to show people that it works," she tells me, explaining she thought sweetcorn's similarity to condensed milk would make the combination "more palatable" to a sweetcorn drink novice.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

A football novice when he bought the club, Xu helped the team win multiple league championships.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

At the time, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer and a novice politician.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Some are tennis novices while others, like Foon, are coming off a long pause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

They include novices straight out of education, laid-off construction workers and barbecue business owners seeking new inspiration.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

ETFs like these are easy for novices to work with and often have low fees.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

I took four rounds in a row, which my table of total novices agreed must be some kind of record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Much of the coverage was left to complete novices on loan from other beats.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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