beaux

American

[bohz, boh] / boʊz, boʊ /

noun

a plural of beau.

beaux British

/ bəʊ, bəʊz /

noun

a plural of beau

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Viollet-le-Duc did not study at the state-run École des Beaux Arts, but came to architecture by means of drawing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

James McAvoy is photographed performing in The Beaux Stratagem at 1999.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

“I just belong in a Beaux Arts” building, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Backup center Beaux Limmer allows Jalen Carter a free pass into the backfield and down goes Matthew Stafford for a nine-yard sack.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

The grandeur of the ornate glass structure, built in the Beaux Arts style in the early twentieth century, makes one think it must have at one point been a playground for royalty.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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