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.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tours de force
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The company added that Atlas’s athletic feats, including handstands and backflips, serve a practical purpose by helping develop balance, agility, slip recovery, and endurance needed for real-world industrial environments.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Antar gained fame on social media in the region for his feats, amassing almost 60,000 followers on Instagram after posting videos of himself climbing some of Yemen's rugged landscapes.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Noun
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County records show no other additional property deeds held by the Kiffins.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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This year marks the centennial of Robert Kennedy’s birth, the perfect occasion to stop scapegoating the military for his darkest deeds.—
Ken Hughes,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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Over the years, Kingsley has expressed hurt over how his own mother, actor Anna Lyna Mary Goodman, never acknowledged his acting talent or childhood achievements.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Mobutu spoke of great achievements, the pride at being the first Black African team at a World Cup, even how good the Zaire yellow shirts (which Mobutu apparently had a hand in designing) looked against their skin.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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And throwing himself into everything from sumo wrestling to organizing music festivals (there’s an unexpected Backstreet Boys cameo), Poldi is never short on extracurricular exploits, either.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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Anthropic’s Mythos Preview model, which lacks similar safeguards, was able to find thousands of critical and severe cyber vulnerabilities, including bugs and exploits in all major operating systems and web browsers.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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“Tours de force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tours%20de%20force. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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