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Recent Examples of pièce de résistance
The piece de resistance came in the 24th minute, a flowing move that ended with Achraf Hakimi charging down the right wing and finding Fabian Ruiz for a sublime third goal.
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 9 July 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
The piece de resistance might be the Mickey ears on the brand's Swipe bag.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The piece de resistance is the envelope, which is fully lined in tissue that, naturally, matches the color used on the notecard.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The piece de resistance is heavy cream, which adds a velvety texture to the simple wine sauce, making for a company-pleasing dish every time.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2025
The piece de resistance was outside, a 1969 Jean Prouvé gas station, available thanks to Paris art dealer and Galerie Downtown owner François Laffanour.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2025
Smyth Tavern The piece de resistance at Smyth Tribeca is Smyth Tavern, a warm and welcoming restaurant off the lobby that serves upscale comfort food.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Storytelling includes thw history of One Wall Street, formerly a bank, the Irving Trust Company, and consists of the store's piece de resistance, the Red Room, which houses the stores' women's shoes.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Oliver Kay, New York Times, 9 July 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
The piece de resistance might be the Mickey ears on the brand's Swipe bag.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The piece de resistance is the envelope, which is fully lined in tissue that, naturally, matches the color used on the notecard.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The piece de resistance is heavy cream, which adds a velvety texture to the simple wine sauce, making for a company-pleasing dish every time.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2025
The piece de resistance was outside, a 1969 Jean Prouvé gas station, available thanks to Paris art dealer and Galerie Downtown owner François Laffanour.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2025
Smyth Tavern The piece de resistance at Smyth Tribeca is Smyth Tavern, a warm and welcoming restaurant off the lobby that serves upscale comfort food.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Storytelling includes thw history of One Wall Street, formerly a bank, the Irving Trust Company, and consists of the store's piece de resistance, the Red Room, which houses the stores' women's shoes.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pièce de résistance
Noun
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The Infamous served as Havoc and the late Prodigy’s magnum opus sophomore album, which reached No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in 1995.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2025
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In terms of style and scale, parts of it feel like a warm-up for his 1984 magnum opus Amadeus, but the film’s ruminations on American identity and aspirations at the dawn of an American century are all its own.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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His screenplay for Network is regarded as his masterpiece and has been hailed as one of greatest and most prescient screenplays of the 20th century.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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