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Recent Examples of oeuvre
In Pretty Lethal, Jewson manages to walk that line of gritty dark action, a la John Wick and Tarantino’s entire toxically masculine oeuvre, balanced with unapologetic laughs and an emotionally satisfying story of sisterhood.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Still, heading into Brian, Ropp was inspired by high school comedies like Wilde’s Booksmart and the John Hughes oeuvre.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
The disease was already sufficiently familiar, even then, to merit a poetic cameo, long before most of the La Fontaine oeuvre would find its way into Afrikaans.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
And while Rescue Dawn is certainly harrowing — a drama about real-life pilot Dieter Dengler, who was captured by the enemy during the Vietnam War and then fought his way to freedom — this ends up being one of the most crowd-pleasing films in either man’s oeuvre.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Still, heading into Brian, Ropp was inspired by high school comedies like Wilde’s Booksmart and the John Hughes oeuvre.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
The disease was already sufficiently familiar, even then, to merit a poetic cameo, long before most of the La Fontaine oeuvre would find its way into Afrikaans.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
And while Rescue Dawn is certainly harrowing — a drama about real-life pilot Dieter Dengler, who was captured by the enemy during the Vietnam War and then fought his way to freedom — this ends up being one of the most crowd-pleasing films in either man’s oeuvre.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oeuvre
Noun
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That's also led to cuts in output from some of the world's largest producers, because their crude has nowhere to go.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Score, like many romance authors, has a prolific output – this is her 35th book in just 11 years.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By rejoicing in the rich history of his corpus and using it to guide our own work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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Their Spotify corpus doesn’t match the onstage intensity.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Oeuvre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oeuvre. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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