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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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These are some of the feats of the latest recipients of the Fields Medal, the most prestigious prize in mathematics, given out only every four years to researchers under the age of 40.

— Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 23 July 2026
The André-Oort conjecture is just one of Tsimerman’s mathematical feats.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Definition of feats

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Jeb has always been fascinated by the heroic deeds of gunslingers, despite the Quaker teachings of nonviolence.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 July 2026
Under previous incumbent Ian Hewitt, there was a leaning away from a ‘celebrity’ focus, towards those who have done ‘good deeds’ for society.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of deeds

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Opportunities to celebrate the small milestones and major achievements are important to showcase the results of these group efforts.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
At his final Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament on Wednesday, Starmer defended his government’s record on the international stage — especially its support for Ukraine — and its domestic policy achievements.

— Jill Lawless, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of achievements

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While the two models were similarly capable of identifying software vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s OSS-Fuzz evaluation, Opus 5 was considerably less successful at developing exploits.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
While some abilities, like spotting vulnerabilities in software, are useful to attackers and defenders, designing exploits for those vulnerabilities uniquely empowers attackers.

— Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026

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