as in success
a successful result brought about by hard work
winning that big contract was a real coup
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Recent Examples of coup
Bolsonaro was arrested and ultimately convicted of plotting a coup to overturn the results of that election.
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Jim Defede, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Nashville Predators chairman Bill Haslam had just completed a coup Tuesday, poaching the general manager of a division rival.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
The setting, which changes from a blank Brutalism to a trailer-park-home installation suggesting one of Arnold’s cold-eyed dioramas, creates its own theatrical coup.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Flights were getting canceled, there were protests outside her hotel in Antananarivo, and the country was on the verge of a military coup.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for coup
Jim Defede, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Nashville Predators chairman Bill Haslam had just completed a coup Tuesday, poaching the general manager of a division rival.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
The setting, which changes from a blank Brutalism to a trailer-park-home installation suggesting one of Arnold’s cold-eyed dioramas, creates its own theatrical coup.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Flights were getting canceled, there were protests outside her hotel in Antananarivo, and the country was on the verge of a military coup.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coup
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Plenty of faceless creators have continued to find success on social media despite YouTube’s crackdown.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2026
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But also debates within the Labour Party, the state of the polls, the development of public opinion, and the success or otherwise of the government in generating growth by other means.—
Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
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Wang's big accomplishment was the delivery of the Muse Spark AI model in April, marking Meta's first jump into proprietary foundation models and away from a strict adherence to open source, or open weight as it's more commonly called in AI.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
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In the corner of the team’s theater room, Wright hung a chart that was updated regularly by the team’s leader in attitude points, awarded for out-of-the-box accomplishments such as diving on the floor for loose balls or taking charges.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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The history of Edwards Air Force Base Many of mankind's historic achievements in aviation have taken place over a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert known as Edwards Air Force Base, and continue to this day.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Groundbreaking chef, cookbook author, restaurateur and media personality Nancy Silverton is the recipient of this year’s lifetime achievement award.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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“Coup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coup. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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