metier
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It is his metier, his medium, his world view.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
“Ambiguity” is an apt word for Jacobs-Jenkins’s dramatic metier.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2016
At first he saw himself as a satirist and that was his metier.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2012
This year, he said, the Swedish whispers have been about poetry, which last got acknowledged as a winner’s primary metier in 1996 with Wislawa Szymborska.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 3, 2011
“But I have arrived at no conclusion. The elucidation of crime is your metier, not mine, my friend.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Mr. Paré-Poupart is in his element when describing the men with whom he’s worked, misfits all yet high-functioning pros in the mucky métier they’ve chosen for themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Huneven’s mother was a fierce critic whose métier was the unprovoked insult.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
It “lacks focus and stability,” he wrote, “its métier is bearing witness, demonstrating solidarity.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
Art is his métier, but he takes an inclusive position.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
Joseph is an ancient retainer of the Wynn family, who, in its domestic affairs, plays parts of many kinds—among them the métier of boatman.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo in her speech saluted the “love story between Paris and Dior,” as a house that has managed to keep its “prized” métiers and know-how in France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2017
The métiers here progress from embroidery and featherwork, through artificial flowers, pleating, lace and leatherwork.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2016
Karl Lagerfeld created a collection around these métiers, and the first shows were small affairs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2013
For of late, in the exercise of their respective métiers, professionally alike, they have had many opportunities of being together, and more than one lengthened “confab” in the Gwendoline’s dock.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
The old man of many métiers has never led an idle life, and dislikes leading it.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
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