novice
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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
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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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