If something is new and improved, we say it is the best thing since sliced bread.

VOA: special.2011.02.20

The first thing he did was buy a costly new car.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

And I think that was one of the things that made Nancy Drew special this was in the fifties or early sixties was that this girl survived by her wits and that was a new thing."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

The thing about the Titanic experience, what happened with the Titanic experience and the recognition she got from the New York Times in particular was that it gave her a platform from which to talk about some of the political and social issues -- miners rights,womens rights, the development of the juvenile court system, that sort of thing.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

MUSIC:"Sweet Thing" "Sweet Thing" was the first hit off Keith Urban's new album Defying Gravity.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19