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Recent Examples of pièce de résistance
Grab ice cream by one, two or three scoops or throw caution to the wind and go for the piece de resistance, her sundaes.
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Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Choosing to begin her three-year-old campaign in New Orleans in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes, trainer Brendan Walsh and the rest of the viewers were treated to a piece de resistance.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Its piece de resistance is a chase through the mountains on skis and toboggan between hotel concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his faithful lobby boy, Zero (Tony Revolori), and arch villain Jopling (Willem Dafoe).
—David Morgan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
There was the autumn error at Sunderland, his hand in all three of Hull City’s goals in a 3-3 draw and then, the piece de resistance, his gift of two goals to Swansea City in last March’s 2-2 draw.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Maybe Prussian blue is a little easier to wear than orange, red and black, the colors of the German flag, but the piece de resistance was the tiara.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
But the piece de resistance is a small button on the face of the guitar that, when pressed, activates a chip on a soundboard that elicits the distinctive roar of Godzilla.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
This speakeasy-style bar is a piece de resistance honoring the totality of the duo's hip-hop and pop cultural legacies.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Choosing to begin her three-year-old campaign in New Orleans in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes, trainer Brendan Walsh and the rest of the viewers were treated to a piece de resistance.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Its piece de resistance is a chase through the mountains on skis and toboggan between hotel concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his faithful lobby boy, Zero (Tony Revolori), and arch villain Jopling (Willem Dafoe).
—David Morgan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
There was the autumn error at Sunderland, his hand in all three of Hull City’s goals in a 3-3 draw and then, the piece de resistance, his gift of two goals to Swansea City in last March’s 2-2 draw.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Maybe Prussian blue is a little easier to wear than orange, red and black, the colors of the German flag, but the piece de resistance was the tiara.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
But the piece de resistance is a small button on the face of the guitar that, when pressed, activates a chip on a soundboard that elicits the distinctive roar of Godzilla.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
This speakeasy-style bar is a piece de resistance honoring the totality of the duo's hip-hop and pop cultural legacies.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pièce de résistance
Noun
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This research wouldn't have been possible with a quirk of the cosmos first posited by Albert Einstein in his 1915 magnum opus theory of gravity, general relativity.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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As the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) wrote in his magnum opus Leviathan, there would be no culture, no navigation, no knowledge of the face of the earth, no arts, no letters, no society; instead, there would be rapes, thefts, murders, and continual fear of violence.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fans familiar with 1985’s beat-tastic, falsetto-fluttery, Technicolor masterpiece Cupid & Psyche 85 may blanch at Songs to Remember’s wispy skeletal attempts at dub and acoustic pop (especially since the album has, until now, been out of print and unavailable on streaming).—
Alfred Soto,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2026
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To tackle Martinez’s crackling masterpiece, or to sip pozole verde and crunch into pescadillas made by Lorenzo’s daughters, isn’t to experience their histories as facsimile.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Pièce de résistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pi%C3%A8ce%20de%20r%C3%A9sistance. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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