tour de force

noun

ˌtu̇r-də-ˈfȯrs How to pronounce tour de force (audio)
Definition of tour de forcenext
as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness her performance as a woman impaired by a stroke was a theatrical tour de force

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Recent Examples of tour de force Kincaid calls the 1982 work a tour de force of the collection, and of Basquiat’s entire career. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 In a four-hander where each performer excels in their own way, Wilde gives a neurotic tour de force. — ABC News, 24 June 2026 The show, which justly received the Tony for best musical revival contained perhaps the season’s most seismic tour de force. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 In a true tour de force, the sprinter also helped lead the American women’s 4 x 400-meter relay team to gold. — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tour de force
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tour de force
  1. feat
  2. deed
  3. achievement
  4. performance
  5. stunt
Noun
  • That is no small feat given the bullpen began the season with many questions about its viability, and the club has navigated the absences of Gerrit Cole, Max Fried and Carlos Rodón from the rotation at various points.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • The OpenAI models achieved this feat by exploiting a zero-day flaw in Hugging Face’s data-processing pipeline to run malicious code that escalated the models’ access to the company’s high-value cloud and server clusters.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Definition of feat
Noun
  • Jeb has always been fascinated by the heroic deeds of gunslingers, despite the Quaker teachings of nonviolence.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 July 2026
  • According to a deed and other property records recorded in Suffolk County obtained by the Boston Herald, WCVB and CBS Boston, the home is owned by Conan Harris, the husband of Pressley, who represents Massachusetts’ seventh congressional district.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
Definition of deed
Noun
  • The achievement was so significant that two of the physicists behind the theory won the Nobel Prize.
    — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • That aside, Baker’s practical magic on the movie is fantastic and one of the production’s finest achievements.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of achievement
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  • Draiblate is also a professional violinist, and the process of tuning and mentally preparing for a performance is just as familiar to him as the precise pre-flight procedures for a commercial jet.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Preston Price, a tag-team champion with Supreme Pro Wrestling, said the narrative and collaborative aspects of pro wrestling are what keeps him engaged in the sport-slash-performance-art after years of watching and now participating.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of performance
Noun
  • Houdini was no stranger to stunts that were literally breathtaking.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • It should be noted, however, that before construction began, Universal Studios did place speakers on its old special effects and stunt buildings to see how noise traveled down the hill.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of stunt

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“Tour de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tour%20de%20force. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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