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Recent Examples of comme il faut
Champagne obviously flowed comme il faut; everyone was in good spirits.
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Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
There is nothing scary, amiss, or unrelatable about me, who am comme il faut.
—Laura Kolbe, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 July 2018
Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
There is nothing scary, amiss, or unrelatable about me, who am comme il faut.
—Laura Kolbe, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut.
—Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comme il faut
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Choose a style of dance appropriate for your fitness level and abilities.Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 7 Dec. 2024
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Hernandez-Singh had to use a computer program to find the right color palette and help select an image appropriate for a wall of that size.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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Common Sense Media, an online resource that provides media rating and reviews, advises that children nine and up are of a suitable audience.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Through a new partnership with the World Health Organization, St. Jude has launched a pilot program to identify suitable manufacturers and deliver effective generic forms of vital childhood cancer medicines to six countries: Ecuador, Jordan, Mongolia, Nepal, Uzbekistan and Zambia.David Cox, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jess, Logan, Dean is the correct Rory Gilmore ranking — Bono and Dylan get it!EW.com, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Hint #5: The correct answer describes a terrain that is the opposite of flat.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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In astrology, Neptune is the planet of dreams, illusions and spirituality, which is naturally fitting as Pisces’ modern ruler.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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In matters of style, attendees opted to wear pieces that was fitting for the setting.Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
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Not long after Friday Night Lights dropped, the rapper finally moved from mixtapes to proper albums, and he’s been a chart-topper ever since.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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With proper care, each patch can be used up to 10 times.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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How have killing, destruction, and martyrdom become almost acceptable?Ben Croll, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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Plan for what to say and do if boundaries are violated Speaking of boundaries, Goldberg suggests setting up some parameters in your mind beforehand of what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior.Wendy Wisner, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
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During her sophomore year at St. Michael, Sarah Kate heard about an adaptive swim meet in Georgia and again asked her parents about participating and was authorized to take part in the pre-meet clinic.al, al, 1 Apr. 2021
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Yet the story unfolds in fits and starts, jumping forward to get to the most fertile comedic territory while montage-ing its way through the central relationship after its meet-cute origins.Brian Lowry, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
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DocuSign was up 27% Friday alone on a decent quarterly report, and has doubled from the early-August low.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Also worth noting is a decent sale on shares at present, with MFIC trading at a 7% discount to net asset value (NAV).Brett Owens, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Comme il faut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comme%20il%20faut. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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