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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pièce de résistance
Noun
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With this latest magnum opus, the Haitian filmmaker has given us not just an invaluable, iris-out look at our present moment but the scariest movie of 2025 by a wide margin.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Whole Lotta Red gets a lot of cred for unleashing a legion of rage demons, but Die Lit remains his magnum opus—who knew a 21-year-old SoundCloud rapper would make the 21st century’s answer to Loveless, a bliss-oozing masterpiece.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The contemporary architectural masterpiece was designed by Mark Sultana of DSDG Architects and is now being offered for sale by its current owners, a former fashion executive and her husband.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2025
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The many masterpieces of the museum’s Art Deco collection, the largest in the world, will be on display, such as pieces by Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, who pioneered the pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, which gave birth to the term Art Deco.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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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 18 Oct. 2025.
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