objet trouvé

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Noun
  • During the two-week-long search, investigators also found objects like shotgun shells and handcuffs.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 3 July 2025
  • Arroyo memorializes ordinary buildings at risk of being swept up in the tide of gentrification in Miami through his paintings, while Simmons creates with concrete, fabric, acrylic, found objects and construction debris to form architectural sculptures and mixed media works.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While some objets d'art are thrifted finds, many are custom made by artists and producers Gelman has found—or who have found Gelman.
    Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025
  • Throughout, there are design nods to the building’s former purpose with pleated headboards evoking the folds of judicial robes and legal scales doubling as objets d'art, while the muted color palette feels lifted from a Dutch Old Master.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • These are very tastefully laid off, with walks and carriage drives, and are covered with a profusion of rare exotics, beautiful flowers, and semi-tropical plants of every variety known to this climate.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
  • The question is, if our native plants evolved under the local conditions, how on earth do these exotics outcompete them?
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Holy rara avis, Batman!
    Peter Mehlman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Sitting in the center, with a passenger seat to the left and right, the lucky driver will feel equally at home in the US, the UK or anywhere a long stretch of pavement invites this rara avis to soar.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
Noun
  • Even in cities with high EV penetration rates—including San Francisco, Oslo, and Amsterdam—electric taxis remain a rarity.
    Clay Chandler, Fortune, 19 July 2025
  • That's a rarity, as SpaceX is known for its rocket reuse; one of the company's Falcon 9 boosters has a whopping 29 launches under its belt.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2025
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“Objet trouvé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objet%20trouv%C3%A9. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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