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In this analysis, a recent numeric-analytic technique, called the fractional residual power series (FRPS) approach, was successfully employed in obtaining effective approximate solutions to the Newell\u2013Whitehead\u2013Segel equation of the fractional sense. The proposed algorithm relies on a generalized classical power series under the Caputo sense and the concept of an error function that systematically produces an analytical solution in a convergent fractional power series form with accurately computable structures, without the need for any unphysical restrictive assumptions. Meanwhile, two illustrative applications are included to show the efficiency, reliability, and performance of the proposed technique. Plotted and numerical results indicated the compatibility between the exact and approximate solution obtained by the proposed technique. 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