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nothing new under the sun

nothing new under the sun is the alternative form of there is nothing new under the sun.

Meaning of there is nothing new under the sun

Proverb

there is nothing new under the sun

  1. There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.

Questions about nothing new under the sun

What is nothing new under the sun the alternative form of?
Nothing new under the sun is the alternative form of there is nothing new under the sun.

Words near nothing new under the sun in the dictionary

  1. nothing is certain but death and taxes
  2. nothing is said that has not been said before
  3. nothing less than
  4. nothing like
  5. nothing more than
  6. nothing new under the sun
  7. nothing personal
  8. nothing sandwich
  9. nothing sandwiches
  10. nothing short of
  11. nothing special

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nothing new under the sun (page history and authors); there is nothing new under the sun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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