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Recent Examples of de trop
Perhaps Selena decided a sky-high heel was de trop for her stint on the continent.
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Kerry McDermott,
Vogue,
21 June 2023
Perhaps such remarks sound less de trop in French.
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Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Mar. 2023
As much as Black was a master of pacing, a fine crafter of set pieces, and delightfully de trop as a writer of snappy, manly dialogue, the most galvanic features manifested themselves in stage directions, interstitial material steering the reader through the gleeful nonsense.
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Wyatt Mason,
Harper’s Magazine ,
6 Jan. 2023
Kerry McDermott,
Vogue,
21 June 2023
Perhaps such remarks sound less de trop in French.
—
Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Mar. 2023
As much as Black was a master of pacing, a fine crafter of set pieces, and delightfully de trop as a writer of snappy, manly dialogue, the most galvanic features manifested themselves in stage directions, interstitial material steering the reader through the gleeful nonsense.
—
Wyatt Mason,
Harper’s Magazine ,
6 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for de trop
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Of the 64 homes, 52 will be single-family residences for sale and 12 will be accessory dwelling units.
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Stellantis runs Mopar as a full business — more than 1,000 accessory parts, dozens of partners, Jeep Performance Parts, and a growing push to install at the factory.
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Lazy prompts or needless iterations can multiply expenses fivefold to tenfold.
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Acting on a shaky result carries real downsides too, from needless restrictive diets to unnecessary supplements.
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The public evidence—exhibits, hearings, et cetera—was piled into the supplementary volumes.
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For the dependency support test, basic and supplementary Medicare benefits are not counted as support.
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During Thursday evening’s Board of Commissioners meeting, officials unanimously, and with no additional discussion, approved Johnston’s exit agreement and named Assistant County Administrator Alan Howze as his replacement for the rest of the year.
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More than a week after the disaster, search-and-rescue operations remain active, though hopes of finding additional survivors are rapidly fading.
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This unwanted movement, known as the polysulfide shuttle effect, causes active material loss, side reactions, self-discharge, and rapid capacity degradation.
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Leaving it in piles around your yard can lead to unwanted reseeding and regrowth.
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Provide supplemental irrigation as needed during the first year after planting to develop a robust root system.
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Prestigious universities, including Miami, Tulane, WashU, and UNC, are eliminating supplemental essays from their college applications, following a trend set by TCU and UVA.
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The company believes separating trim functions from full system startup could improve convenience and reduce unnecessary power use.
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Increasing staff at medical facilities during heat waves could also prevent unnecessary deaths.
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Investors have been closely watching the issues, saying unneeded warranty costs are a risk to the company's guidance and future business plans.
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Simple data hygiene—from each employee reviewing and cleaning their work files to the removal of redundant, outdated or unneeded data in internal databases—will save resources and create less e-waste.
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“De trop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20trop. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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