as in polite
following the established traditions of refined society and good taste
though he was wearing a dinner jacket and a black bow tie, his jeans and tennis shoes were hardly de rigueur
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Recent Examples of de rigueur
The sudden surge of global attention saw visitors flock to the zoo, whose gift shop was quickly overflowing with Moo Deng merch, soon followed by the sort of backlash that at this point feels almost de rigueur for any viral sensation.
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Rebecca Messina, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
And yet, it’s become almost de rigueur for journalists to describe it as such.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
Editor’s picks The series is the latest example of the documentary-style biographies that have become almost as de rigueur as product endorsements for America’s most transcendent athletes.
—Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
The Globes took some wind out of its sails, handing the film only a de rigueur Best Actor in a Drama nod for Colman Domingo.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Rebecca Messina, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
And yet, it’s become almost de rigueur for journalists to describe it as such.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
Editor’s picks The series is the latest example of the documentary-style biographies that have become almost as de rigueur as product endorsements for America’s most transcendent athletes.
—Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
The Globes took some wind out of its sails, handing the film only a de rigueur Best Actor in a Drama nod for Colman Domingo.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for de rigueur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for de rigueur
Adjective
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In another artist’s hands, The Return might have become a straightforward show about the corrosion of small-town America, or the incursion of extraordinary violence into polite society—something of that order.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The middle son was polite and shy, and looked up to the club’s older boys.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The company acknowledges the uncertainty in obtaining sufficient funding on acceptable terms.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
7 Feb. 2025
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Again, the results are acceptable (indeed, expected) considering the Lenovo 2-in-1's positioning and price.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One serving is approximately 31 crackers, a respectable amount, and there are about five servings total.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2025
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Hill ran a respectable 6.70 seconds—his first track appearance in nearly a decade.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Elizabeth had started working and spent some of her wages on nice outfits.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Give your sink a nice bubble bath by stopping the drain and filling the basin along with a tablet.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Hopefully that means a bigger, more proper announcement than a lotion ad, too.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Like any other law enforcement agency, ICE must check in, show identification, and present proper documentation before taking any action on our campuses.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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There’s still no satisfactory explanation for a 13-10 home loss to the middling 2024 Wolverines on Nov. 30, arguably the most shocking outcome that rivalry has seen.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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But the federal investigation was not satisfactory to many of King’s family members and associates, who knew of the FBI’s years-long investigation of the minister, and Director J. Edgar Hoover’s obsession with him as a potential communist influence.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The need to capture not only each singer and instrument but all of the crowd noise meant Maitland often had 40 tracks recording at once, all of them using microphones that were period correct to replicate how the performances would have sounded in the early 1960s.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The fact that so many users weren’t even hip to the correct pronunciation of her name says it all.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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“De rigueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20rigueur. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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