recherché
Example Sentences
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How did a recherché, quasi-French dish leave the skillful hands of Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved cooks and wind up being popular grub for millions of today’s cooks and consumers, white and—emphatically—black?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
And restorative justice—once a fairly recherché concept on the left—has gotten widespread enough that the backlash is well under way.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2021
Social goods come in many forms and we’ll have plenty of time to be surprised by some of the more recherché ones in the months ahead.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2020
“Bowlaway” is a large and caterwauling sort of opera buffa, packed with outsize characters — some with recherché talents — and wild, often dreamlike events.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2019
The most recherché of American dishes is terrapin stew: when in season, it figures at every feast.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.