mot juste
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mots justes
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Eustache filmed the 1968 and 1979 competitions, if “competition” is the mot juste for a contest whose participants appear to have little say in taking part.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Gainsbourg is bilingual, but French is her first language; she pauses occasionally in our conversation to search around for le mot juste.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2019
I always think that’s a wonderful fault, if it is a fault—constantly looking for not just the mot juste, as it were, but to give a spin on the mot juste.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
In January, when PhD students jostle for jobs at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, a “market” might seem the mot juste.
From Economist ● Nov. 24, 2016
How about old Steevens and the mot juste?
From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by W. Graham (Walford Graham) Robertson
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