nouvelles
Americanplural noun
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Since 1945, France has been experimenting with special "classes nouvelles."
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Now pleasant French nouvelles riches wear mink or sable coats as they trip down to the Mamounia Hotel's heated pool.*
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The remembrance of my scene with Kolpikoff—who, by the way, never sent me "de ses nouvelles," either the following day or any day afterwards—remained for years a keen and unpleasant memory.
From Youth by C. J. Hogarth
There can be no doubt, therefore, that "Thomson's article" must be the review of Jordan's "Diagnoses d'especes nouvelles ou meconnues," etc., in the same number, page 226.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
"Tous les printemps, Tant des nouvelles" hummed Du Mesne, as he busied himself about the camp, casting the while a cautious eye to note the progress of the threatening storm.
From The Mississippi Bubble by Emerson Hough
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