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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pièces de résistance
Noun
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For the past 20 years, the renowned security expert has been trying to crack the biggest, unsolved art heist in history at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, when two thieves made off with more than $500 million worth of masterpieces in 1990.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025 -
But until then, here’s a peek at the seven best hotels in the Dolomites, from traditional alpine chalets to minimalist masterpieces.—
Graeme Green,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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All families are little operas, some bigger than others.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra might be one of the most precisely engineered, solidly constructed, and elegantly executed operas of the past 25 years.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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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 21 May. 2025.
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