pièces de résistance

noun

plural of pièce de résistance
as in magnum opuses

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  1. works
  2. masterpieces
  3. opera
  4. pieces
Noun
  • Below is an example of how the scoring works, based on the performances of the Marist teams during the 2025-26 school year.
    — Chip Saye, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • One of Nebel’s major works was still there — The Wrestlers, a huge plaster work of two sinewy men locked in combat, which had been his thesis as a student.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2026
Definition of works
Noun
  • Born in 1906, Visconti was older than either collaborator, and his high-toned, overripe style, expressed in his masterpieces Senso (1954) and The Leopard (1963), arguably renders him an even more remote figure.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Painting and drawing aren’t about producing museum-worthy masterpieces.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 July 2026
Definition of masterpieces
Noun
  • Music was how my mother—an opera singer, pianist, and educator—taught me to engage with the world.
    — Hillary Richard, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
  • Seven female opera singers sustained long notes in succession, creating a collective mourning ritual for women lost to racialized and gendered violence.
    — Thomas Rom, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
Definition of opera
Noun
  • There, guests can browse popular collections like Aquaracer and Formula 1 along with exclusive pieces from the brand’s 60th Anniversary Carrera collection.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Coltrane adopted Naima’s daughter, Syeeda, and wrote beautiful pieces for both.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pieces
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pièces de résistance
pieces of cake
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“Pièces de résistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pi%C3%A8ces%20de%20r%C3%A9sistance. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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