de rigueur
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Hurdles big and small are de rigueur for airlines, unfortunately, and there were some high ones to clear last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Jackson recently published Lovely One, her entry into the canon of de rigueur Supreme Court memoirs.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2024
When he first opened, he dutifully stocked his back bar with ingredients for de rigueur cocktails: cranberry juice for Cosmopolitans and a $100 jar of fancy olives for Dirty Martinis.
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024
Membership at the Palm Royale is de rigueur, and once inside, Maxine claws her way to the top of society while hiding her secret poverty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024
It became de rigueur among architecture critics and historians to argue that Burnham in his insecurity and slavish devotion to the classical yearnings of the eastern architects had indeed killed American architecture.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
