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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Along with affordable exotics, young collectors are also paying up for supercars, especially rare and highly specific Paganis, Bugattis and Rufs, the boutique German builder.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Attend the annual car show to see exotics, classics and imports.
    Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2024
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
  • The two rarities weren’t the only unusual aspect of the Jones Beach show.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Antoni is that rarity who has drawn harsh criticism from economists on the right as well as the mainstream for being ignorant, unprincipled, and incompetent.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Objet trouvé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objet%20trouv%C3%A9. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.

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