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Recent Examples of dernier cri But here, the couple dove in joyously and with abandon: Their kitchen could stand as Gambrel’s dernier cri. Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 16 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dernier cri
Noun
  • The latests deaths included three residents of long-term care facilities in Dallas, as well as a Balch Springs man in his 20s and a Dallas man in his 60s.
    Dana Branham, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2020
  • That equates to more than 45 million Americans using CBD products, based on latest available U.S. Census estimates.
    Brendan Bures, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
Noun
  • Does the trend toward later retirement bode well or ill for American society?
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Use data to flag trends, forecast cash flow and guide decisions.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Sports betting is an out-of-control craze among young men.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur Launched in 2007, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur (20% ABV) surged to its highest popularity in the last two years as the spritz craze ran rampant.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors say Read, 45, deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and left him for dead in January 2022.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • So there’s a lot of rage from that, and rightfully so.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Could players who know how to win ugly but get results become in vogue?
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Mumford & Sons, Rushmere At a moment when folk-rock is back in vogue, Mumford & Sons, perhaps the movement’s biggest breakthrough act in the early 2010s, has returned with an album that gestures toward the band’s past while not abiding by its boundaries.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • His kitchen skills, puckish humor and enthusiasm helped earn him regular invitations to appear on TV cooking shows, including every Food Network series and a couple shows for TLC.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,104 points, or 2.6%, staying near its highs for most of the session with buying enthusiasm remaining strong.
    Brian Evans,Yun Li,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Famous last words from a woman who then has a stone slingshotted through her eye and out the back of her head by a lawnmower.
    Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
  • The serial killer was convicted of murdering at least 33 teen boys and young men in the 1970s His last words after sitting on death row for 14 years became infamous John Wayne Gacy, a.k.a.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 May 2025

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“Dernier cri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dernier%20cri. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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