de rigueur

Example Sentences

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She appears free of the extreme cosmetic interventions that have become de rigueur for her contemporaries—and, in the trickle-down sense, mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Supporting Mamdani became stylish – almost de rigueur – among certain segments of affluent New York.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

Jackson recently published Lovely One, her entry into the canon of de rigueur Supreme Court memoirs.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2024

But their institutional weight made it de rigueur in Southern California philanthropy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

Though self-aggrandizement was de rigueur among the generalissimos of the time, he remained ever cautious.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro