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the complete works of an author a novel that occupies a relatively minor position in the author's oeuvre

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Recent Examples of oeuvre In this version, adapted from the London run’s extended one, Bernadette is the primary close collaborator with Sondheim onstage, occupying a position between ambassador to his oeuvre, high priestess of song, and family member in mourning. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025 The French emperor is a looming figure in Scott’s oeuvre. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2025 Murphy’s oeuvre has revolutionized the study of natural history’s entanglements with slavery. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2025 But the famous painting is only a small piece of the Norwegian artist’s oeuvre, which includes thousands of other works. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oeuvre
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Noun
  • Not content to let anything whither on the vine, Aston refreshed the Vantage sports car last May, bumping its mighty AMG V-8’s output to 656 hp.
    Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
  • Once fully operational, its 2,000 MW output will link into the rest of the Sichuan region's hydropower grid.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The academic corpus treats market timing like a kind of mirage - achievable in theory but not in practice.
    Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The thundering poet termed the result uninspired and banal, so the other professor went into Dickinson’s 1,800-poem corpus, retrieved an obscure quatrain and presented it to the poet, who called the result banal and uninspired.
    David Galef, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Oeuvre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oeuvre. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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