noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
value
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This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
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Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
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The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value .
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We had major novelty value - it's strange enough for a foreigner to visit the area let alone pose in a raft.
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Well, I suppose you do have some novelty value .
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That's novelty value for you.
■ VERB
wear
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But as time wears on, the novelty wears off and dissatisfaction results.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
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And I think it actually has more shock value than the first one.
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Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it's done for the moment.
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Apart from the novelty value of this, there is the advantage of speed of execution.
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The company opened a string of themed stores that have lost their novelty value .
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They have a certain curiosity value , I suppose, but no merit otherwise.
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This improvement in health could possibly be attributed to the novelty value of having a new puppy or kitten in the house.
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This version by Northern Stage rather downplays the shock value of that final betrayal, which is certainly a flaw.
the novelty wears off
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After the novelty wears off, the Internet can be a very dull place.
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Once the novelty has worn off, most of these kitchen gadgets just sit in the cupboard, unused for years.
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But as time wears on, the novelty wears off and dissatisfaction results.
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Maybe Antonietta herself will tire of me when the novelty wears off.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a novelty key ring
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Fast-food restaurants like McDonald's are still something of a novelty in Moscow.
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I loved driving to work at first, but the novelty soon wore off.
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I was still enjoying the novelty of being married, and referring to Jenny as "my wife".
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In a few years, hand-held computers will not be novelties.
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It was a novelty for people at college to see a student with two kids.
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Modern art thrives on novelty .
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Retail analysts say that electronic shopping remains a novelty for most people
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They sell a selection of crafts, novelties, and T-shirts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even more important, as far as Salomon was concerned, was the novelty of our deal.
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I must have known what a novelty you were.
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In criticizing scientific novelty , existing theories are usually available as a resource.
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Jonny was given first prize and a cheque for £750 for the novelty of his idea and professional presentation.
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The novelty bets appeal to those kinds of bettors.
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The novelty of new subject matter and of the distinctive methods of foreign-language presentation awakens the student's curiosity or exploratory drive.
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What is at stake in this novelty could scarcely be greater.
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Yet novelty kept appearing relentlessly from the lips of stray Lyfordites, Baptists, and Quakers who later visited the wilderness community.