as in polite
following the established traditions of refined society and good taste
though he was wearing a dinner jacket and a black bow tie, his jeans and tennis shoes were hardly de rigueur
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Recent Examples of de rigueur
And maximizing resources has become de rigueur this year as every industry is being disrupted, forcing marketing teams into overdrive and demanding constant pivots while budgets continue to shrink.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Colorful Subdued kitchen designs have been practically de rigueur for the past decade.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Soon, mystery-solving events were de rigueur at many rural hotels, whose owners found that staging crime scenes was a surefire way to lure cosmopolitans to the country during the off-season.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Farm-to-table dining became de rigueur in fine restaurants; beef had to be grass-fed, tomatoes heirloom, and chickens heritage-breed.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for de rigueur
Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Colorful Subdued kitchen designs have been practically de rigueur for the past decade.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Soon, mystery-solving events were de rigueur at many rural hotels, whose owners found that staging crime scenes was a surefire way to lure cosmopolitans to the country during the off-season.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Farm-to-table dining became de rigueur in fine restaurants; beef had to be grass-fed, tomatoes heirloom, and chickens heritage-breed.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for de rigueur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for de rigueur
Adjective
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Remember to keep your communication polite and to the point.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Your detailed paper trail, photos and polite escalation to a company executive should all work in your favor.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Each press delivers an acceptable amount of tactile feedback and is pretty quiet, too.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
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Downstream water districts warned Branden Ingersoll, a spokesman for the state health department’s Hazardous Materials Division, said the data show arsenic concentration in the water is acceptable for surface water but not for tap water.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Caligula selected respectable family men of good reputation, who were conspicuous for some physical disability, for a mock fight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday evening, a respectable crowd showed up in the Mojave Tent to pay their respects to the Godfather of Punk, who first played Coachella in a reunion with the Stooges in 2003.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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So borrowing those things on Buy Nothing is really nice.—
Dania Maxwell,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Both Guerrero and Offerman were full of nice things to say about Kidman, who had just one day to shoot her wrestling scene and the previous day to rehearse it, for which Guerrero flew to Nashville to train with Kidman in a boxing gym alongside her stunt double, former wrestler Danielle Moinet.—
Scarlett Harris,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Officials said Lopez played a key leadership role during recent wildfires, helping coordinate crews to ensure schools had proper air filtration systems in place.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The restaurant will age all of its meat for a minimum of 28 days and then cook it in a high-temperature broiler for proper searing.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The defense was more than satisfactory in subduing the league’s top offense.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
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Be sure to triple-check that the details are satisfactory before signing anything.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Intelligence is basically anything with a pretty clear definition between the set of correct and incorrect answers—think tasks in coding, mathematics, physics, and even some tasks in accounting, law, or medicine.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, those assumptions proved correct.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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“De rigueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20rigueur. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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