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Recent Examples of conversation piece
Set it up in a dark den or gaming room for a dual cat toy and conversation piece, or use it in a bedroom as a nightlight.
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Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
The vibrant red plastic flowers will become a conversation piece in your holiday decor display that never loses its bloom.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Adding these creative socks to a friend's wardrobe is sure to give them a conversation piece for the future.
—The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
In the beauty world, there are seldom topics that are as big a conversation piece as Taylor Swift’s favorite lipstick.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
The vibrant red plastic flowers will become a conversation piece in your holiday decor display that never loses its bloom.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Adding these creative socks to a friend's wardrobe is sure to give them a conversation piece for the future.
—The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
In the beauty world, there are seldom topics that are as big a conversation piece as Taylor Swift’s favorite lipstick.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation piece
Noun
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Shoppers are sure to find lots of trinkets and treasures at bargain prices from many specialty retailers.—
Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez,
The Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2025
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On the Lunar New Year, many visit temples to pray and attend temple fairs to watch performances and buy snacks, toys and other trinkets.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Alan Titchmarsh Tends To Gardening Channel The Christmas trees and their baubles are down for another year, but horticultural legend Alan Titchmarsh wants to keep the world green-fingered throughout the year.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
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The fragile baubles were embellished with tiny beads and sequins and stuffed with dryer lint—Big Mama was notoriously frugal.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
5 Dec. 2024
Noun
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That little niche designed to house a landline phone can be turned into a functional space for displaying plants and knickknacks.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2025
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Old Town is also a good place to get souvenirs, with there being plenty of gift shops to get some Arizona knickknacks.—
Alexandra Hardle,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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While deicers are frequently necessary for safety reasons, these products can damage your plants, causing lawns and ornamentals to turn brown and die back.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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These vertically growing junipers are used as privacy screens and backdrops for other ornamentals.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2025
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At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2019
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Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.—
David Pierce,
WIRED,
3 Nov. 2017
Noun
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The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
9 May 2022
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Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.—
Kareem Rashed,
Robb Report,
16 Nov. 2021
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But there’s much more to the apartment than a mere accumulation of objets de vertu.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
28 June 2024
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“Conversation piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversation%20piece. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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