new wrinkle

1. A clever device or expedient, a novelty, as in The players added a new wrinkle to victory celebrations by tossing their shirts to the crowd after the game. In the form of simply a wrinkle, this expression dates from the mid-1700s, new being added two centuries later.

Example Sentences

Missouri Republicans are making a similar argument now—with a new wrinkle.

From Slate

On Jan. 1, 1967, the Packers beat the Cowboys in Dallas 34-27 for their second straight NFL title, but there was a new wrinkle.

From Los Angeles Times

That would be a new wrinkle in a field that at this point is virtually nothing but wrinkles.

From Los Angeles Times

The only new wrinkle was including Mikey Day as Donald Trump, Jr., who laments about Vance, “It’s almost like my dad picked me to be vice president…. But he didn’t.”

From Los Angeles Times

Another noxious new wrinkle is efforts to prevent pregnant women from leaving antiabortion states to obtain abortions where they’re legal.

From Los Angeles Times

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