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Recent Examples of conversation piece
The irons have been displayed throughout the business and served as conversation pieces for 50 years.
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Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2025
Crystal decanters often have interesting shapes that can become conversation pieces during a meal.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
In his office at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Wheeler kept several jars of brownish-red homemade moonshine that were natural conversation pieces when the talk turned to NASCAR’s roots.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2025
These trophies were two of my best conversation pieces.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
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Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2025
Crystal decanters often have interesting shapes that can become conversation pieces during a meal.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
In his office at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Wheeler kept several jars of brownish-red homemade moonshine that were natural conversation pieces when the talk turned to NASCAR’s roots.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2025
These trophies were two of my best conversation pieces.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation piece
Noun
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This model even makes use of the bed frame itself, lining one of the support posts with cork to serve as a pinboard to display photos and memorable trinkets.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Always tip in cash (no gift cards or homemade trinkets), and leave your tip somewhere where it can be easily found.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The amber bauble, worth a staggering $87,000, is also adorned with marquise-cut diamonds and features an 18kt gold and platinum setting.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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Kate's Upstate The go-to boutique for fashion finds in the village, Kate’s Upstate is the place to pick up cozy sweaters, dresses, sparkly baubles, and attire for the whole family.—
Linnea Bailey,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Whether antiques, cherished knickknacks, or heirlooms, items that are very delicate and/or precious to the customer are typically items house cleaners won’t want to mess with in order to cut down the risk of damaging them.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
11 Feb. 2026
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Displaying books, plants, and knickknacks in your office looks extra stylish with this set of four wall cubbies; the top of each cubby offers extra open space to store even more items.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2026
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The beds are planted with a mix of edibles and ornamentals that can be enjoyed from the sitting area.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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Prune ornamental grasses to within a foot or two of the ground before growth begins.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2019
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Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.—
David Pierce,
WIRED,
3 Nov. 2017
Noun
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The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
9 May 2022
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Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.—
Kareem Rashed,
Robb Report,
16 Nov. 2021
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The curio cabinets are empty of their curiosities.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
10 Feb. 2026
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Instead, this reboot might be misremembered as a direct-to-video curio — or rediscovered as a bad cult object destined to give some idiot cinephile alcohol poisoning.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, Mimosa Echard won the Prix Marcel Duchamp and exhibited the installation Escape more at the Centre Pompidou in Paris—a display consisting of glass walls, streams of water and urine, pollen, ginkgo tree eggs, newsprint, films, and assorted tchotchkes, among other items.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Taylor then lights a cigarette, sets the tchotchkes aflame, and fury-walks out the door.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Conversation piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversation%20piece. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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