de trop

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of de trop Perhaps Selena decided a sky-high heel was de trop for her stint on the continent. Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 21 June 2023 Perhaps such remarks sound less de trop in French. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023 As much as Black was a master of pacing, a fine crafter of set pieces, and delightfully de trop as a writer of snappy, manly dialogue, the most galvanic features manifested themselves in stage directions, interstitial material steering the reader through the gleeful nonsense. Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for de trop
Adjective
  • According to Mitchell, two of those ideas are accessory dwelling units and mixed residential and commercial zoning.
    Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The village board will assign the sub-committee to make recommendations to allow accessory dwelling units.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And needless to say, now that the new star is here, his way of business-going will permeate the entire roster.
    Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • And needless to say, traditional studios are no longer in the risk-taking game, with the two best picture nominees this year from those studios, Wicked and Dune: Part Two, both essentially franchise installments.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The supplement market in particular was one of the first to respond with complementary and supplementary products.
    Emily Burns, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This fine comes as a supplementary discipline under NHL Rule 64.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • After the initial 24-hour blackout, The People’s Union has scheduled additional weeklong boycotts of specific companies throughout the year, targeting Amazon, Nestlé, Walmart, General Mills, Target and McDonald’s.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This story has been updated with additional information.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • McLaren has taken the unusual step of limiting the torque and power outputs in first and second gear to prevent unwanted wheelspin from the rear-drive hypercar.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • View Deal The National Geographic Power Rocket has three flight modes, easily selected with the press of a button, and with a safe landing system there's no fear of accidental collisions or unwanted damage.
    Paul Brett, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Unleashing American Energy paused the supplemental funding from the IIJA, meaning that the families who received the grant in January now must pay for it with their next electric bill.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Lynch revealed last year that he’d been diagnosed with emphysema and needed to rely on supplemental oxygen after having been a smoker since the age of 8.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Yankee White Security Clearance Mr. Musk has told Mr. Trump that the designs for the new Air Force Ones have been over-engineered with unnecessary features that have slowed the production, the people familiar said.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The Pure Water project is intended to make the upgrades unnecessary because sewage from the plant will be purified at a new Miramar plant just east of Interstate 805, then stored in Lake Miramar reservoir near Interstate 15 and later piped to homes and businesses as potable water.
    Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • According to the warrants, there also appears to be at least $600,000 in Medicaid fraud that occurred in unneeded medical interventions and hospitalizations of the girl at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Like any resale platform, Poshmark sellers’ goals run the gamut: some are casual sellers looking to list a few unneeded items from their wardrobe, while others sell thousands of items annually and use their accounts as a form of income.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 30 Jan. 2025

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“De trop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20trop. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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