tour de force
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deed, exploit, feat, number, stunt, trick
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The paper was an engineering tour de force, and presumably a key catalyst in DeepMind’s January 2014 sale to Google. — Gary Marcus, WIRED, "DeepMind's Losses and the Future of Artificial Intelligence," 14 Aug. 2019 This movements stands as a tour de force of orchestration and tone painting. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "Orbert Davis’ epic ‘The Chicago River’ returns on DVD and CD," 15 July 2019 Acquiring pass rusher Khalil Mack at the end of the preseason helped position the Bears for a defensive tour de force: Fewest points (17.7 average), rushing yards (80.0) and yards per play (4.8), and most takeaways (35) and interceptions (27). — Ryan O'halloran, The Denver Post, "For Vic Fangio, journey to Broncos’ head coach nearly 40 years in the making," 14 July 2019 Fashion and Hollywood have long had a reciprocal relationship, but this shoot—conducted in New York over two days shortly before Christmas in what Ghesquière described as a tour de force of logistics—makes the synergies explicit. — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, "Who Needs a Runway? Nicolas Ghesquière Hires an A-List Power Posse For His Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall Lookbook," 14 Jan. 2019 If nothing else, the movie is a double tour de force of acting. — Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "Despite stellar performances, ‘The Seagull’ never quite takes flight," 14 June 2018 The Weight of These Wings was a rugged and revealing tour de force. — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, "Summer concerts: U2, Lauryn Hill, Taylor Swift and more come to Philly," 6 June 2018 In a tour de force performance that involved multiple role reversals, Wolf actually gave the press corps a kind of moral lesson. — Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, "It’s Okay to Be Offended by Michelle Wolf’s Jokes," 30 Apr. 2018 This Aston Martin Vanquish is a tour de force of automobile engineering and a distinct pleasure to drive. — Lisa Marie Segarra, Fortune, "Daniel Craig's Aston Martin Sells for More Than $400K at Auction," 21 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tour de force.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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