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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Alpha-Zero achieved these feats by playing tens of millions of games against itself—that is, by gathering experiences.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Whisenant had made a name for himself in Yosemite’s climbing community with a series of impressive feats on El Capitan, one of the most challenging places to rock-climb.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of feats

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The character is renowned in the wizarding world for his many heroic deeds, though he’s later revealed as a fraud who took credit for the acts of others after erasing part of their memories.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
Big Players are big because their words and deeds move markets.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of deeds

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The integration of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and bioengineering is already enabling life-changing achievements, from combating disease to supercharging agricultural productivity to solving energy challenges.

— Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
There are only more exciting (and real) achievements to come.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of achievements

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Right now, there are no indications exploits are being used to install anything other than Monero miners, which surreptitiously harness a Mac’s resources to perform mathematical operations that generate the cryptocurrency for the attacker.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Given that exploits are already being tracked, with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency adding CVE-2026-68820 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities database on August 11, users are advised to prioritize patching this issue.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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