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piece de resistance

[pyes duh rey-zee-stahns, pee-es duh ri-zee-stahns] / pyɛs də reɪ ziˈstɑ̃s, piˈɛs də rɪ ziˈstɑns /


pièce de résistance


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The resulting set, in many ways, is the production’s pièce de résistance.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

But its pièce de résistance for Roffman was Caselotti herself, who was home that afternoon and happy to entertain strangers with her cherubic singsong cadence.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

If you want to buy a Birkin bag, the pièce de résistance from the French luxury retailer Hermès, you should know that you probably can’t.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Then came the Belmont, his pièce de résistance.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023

Our pièce de résistance was the course of lectures in which Mr. Harris expounded Hegel.

From Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)