objet trouvé

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Noun
  • The task now is to preserve, with legal integrity, evidence of the Assad regime’s crimes — to transform these thousands of photographs, documents, and found objects into prosecutable evidence.
    Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 24 July 2025
  • During the two-week-long search, investigators also found objects like shotgun shells and handcuffs.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Its bottle itself is a veritable objet d’art — adorned by daisies almost as delicate as the scent concoction found inside.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • True to house, which set a new precedent for craftsmanship more than 170 years ago, each piece is an objet d'art.
    Jackie Fields, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Native to Brazil and other South American and Central American countries, colorful peacock bass were stocked in South Florida canals in the mid-1980s by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to control the population of undesirable exotics like tilapia.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • European exotics were also present.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Holy rara avis, Batman!
    Peter Mehlman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • There is a rarity in this Blue Jays run.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The rarity of the Reagan-Thatcher relationship hasn’t been replicated, though some presidents have come close.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Objet trouvé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objet%20trouv%C3%A9. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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