concours
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of concours
1935–40; < French, Old French; see concourse
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, I was invited to show the BMW at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, arguably the world’s most prestigious car concours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Mr. Hagerty discussed toppling barriers — like removing velvet ropes from around cars at concours and letting young children get in and honk the horn.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
“I think of my life,” Justus Rosenberg once told an interviewer, “as what the French call concours de circonstances — a confluence of circumstances.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2021
“It’s a serious collection,” said Peter Hageman, a Kirkland-based car collector, dealer and concours judge specializing in Bentleys.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2018
On some occasions, when the concours of the public is too great to be accommodated within the building itself, the whole of the front and sides of the temple are thrown open.
From Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage
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