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Recent Examples of conversation piece
The vibrant red plastic flowers will become a conversation piece in your holiday decor display that never loses its bloom.
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Clint Davis, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Adding these creative socks to a friend's wardrobe is sure to give them a conversation piece for the future.
—The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
In the beauty world, there are seldom topics that are as big a conversation piece as Taylor Swift’s favorite lipstick.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
From the record player holder to the anti-skid bottoms on the vinyl, these are some of the coolest, chicest conversation pieces for your home.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
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Clint Davis, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Adding these creative socks to a friend's wardrobe is sure to give them a conversation piece for the future.
—The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
In the beauty world, there are seldom topics that are as big a conversation piece as Taylor Swift’s favorite lipstick.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
From the record player holder to the anti-skid bottoms on the vinyl, these are some of the coolest, chicest conversation pieces for your home.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation piece
Noun
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One of my favorite Christmas markets is Montreux Noël, complete with booths selling trinkets and food (try a fondue sausage) along Lake Geneva.—
Carole Rosenblat,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2025
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These circuses of science would be profitable—by hosting lotteries and selling trinkets—and could feature gaming houses in which hidden pipes and mirrors would be used to spy on the populace, thus providing the state with political intelligence.—
Anthony Gottlieb,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Located in Place Kléber, the 30-meter-high tree is decorated with seven kilometers of fairy lights and 400 baubles.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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Shelves are lined with clocks, baubles, bottles and other charming knickknacks that give off an old-world feel.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
13 Dec. 2024
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Old Town is also a good place to get souvenirs, with there being plenty of gift shops to get some Arizona knickknacks.—
Alexandra Hardle,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Nov. 2024
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While displays of photos, dollar bills and knickknacks above bottles of bourbon are pretty typical in neighborhood dives, the vibe of the corner bar at 412 N. Fifth St. in Kansas City, Kansas, is its own thing.—
Allison Dikanovic,
Kansas City Star,
2 Jan. 2025
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These vertically growing junipers are used as privacy screens and backdrops for other ornamentals.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2025
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Other foxtail plants were not in the photo but nearby ornamentals appeared to be suffering from excessive water too.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Nov. 2024
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At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2019
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Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.—
David Pierce,
WIRED,
3 Nov. 2017
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The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
9 May 2022
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Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.—
Kareem Rashed,
Robb Report,
16 Nov. 2021
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But there’s much more to the apartment than a mere accumulation of objets de vertu.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
28 June 2024
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“Conversation piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversation%20piece. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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