Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pièce de résistance
Noun
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Slaughter of the Soul, the band’s 1995 magnum opus, is constantly hailed as one of the defining extreme metal albums, along with being one of the most influential metal albums of the last 30 years.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Oppenheimer had its box-office haul, plus the notion that Christopher Nolan had finally made his magnum opus.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The baying scrum around the Renaissance masterpiece—and his height at the time—precluded a glimpse of her crook of a smile.—
Mahoro Seward,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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The revision of Merriam’s unabridged masterpiece was abandoned.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Pièce de résistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pi%C3%A8ce%20de%20r%C3%A9sistance. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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