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innovative(adjective, development, unusual, new, fresh)
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narrative(noun, literature, report, account, record)
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tale(noun, literature, report, account, nonfiction)
10
newfangled(adjective, unusual, strange, new, hot)
10
novella(noun, book, language, prose)
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singular(adjective, separate, obscure, unusual, strange)
9
contemporary(adjective, unusual, strange, new, hot)
8
avant-garde(adjective, new, fresh, original, current)
8
creative(adjective, original, fundamental, advanced, unique)
8
offbeat(adjective, slang, strange, new, usual)
7
extraordinary(adjective, separate, obscure, unusual, strange)
7
rare(adjective, separate, obscure, unusual, strange)
7
revolutionary(adjective, new, radical, leading-edge, progressive)
7
work(noun, literature, text, piece, copy)
6
atypical(adjective, separate, unusual, new, exceptional)
6
bizarre(adjective, separate, obscure, unusual, strange)
6
exceptional(adjective, obscure, unusual, strange, new)
6
inventive(adjective, development, new, breakthrough, innovating)
6
latter-day(adjective, new, modern, unique, incomparable)
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pioneering(adjective, development, new, breakthrough, innovating)
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