pièce de résistance

noun

Definition of pièce de résistancenext
as in magnum opus

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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. — 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 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 See All Example Sentences for pièce de résistance
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  1. magnum opus
  2. masterpiece
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  • Related Articles Think, for example, of Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death (2016), the video that is justly regarded as Jafa’s magnum opus.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • And the Kansas City Royals were on the receiving end of his magnum opus.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of magnum opus
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  • After a great box office run with a global cume of $224 million, The Social Network continues to be heralded as a masterpiece of its era.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In keeping with the film‘s maximalist vibe, the noise around it keeps whipsawing in different directions, with defenders calling it a misunderstood masterpiece and detractors equally fervent in calling it a complete artistic disaster.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 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 15 Oct. 2026.

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