Thesaurus results for TOURS DE FORCE

tours de force

noun

plural of tour de force

as in feats

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 tours de force Extraordinary subjects call for extraordinary styles, which is why this year’s best films offer the special thrills of aesthetic tours de force pulled off with flair. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025

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Propped up by feats of engineering, Arizona’s economy steadily plugged along until the first World War, when the industrial demands of militarization transformed the desert state into an economic powerhouse.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
DeFoor had a reputation as not only a reformer, but someone who accomplished steep professional feats at a young age.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of feats

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Given the coffin’s high quality, Amandinus was probably an important resident of London, but nothing is known about his life and deeds.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
For Johnson, who often shares stories of his faith and others’ good deeds on Inside the NBA, the effort is perfectly on brand.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of deeds

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There is also the popular option of working obsessively toward goals and achievements.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Raman spoke of each councilmember's wide range of achievements for the city, from work on film and television to advocacy for the fire department.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of achievements

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The system produced 291 information-leak proofs of concept and 1,169 working LPE exploits.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
The Linux exploits could let an attacker with ordinary local access gain root privileges, the highest level of control over the system.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026

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