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a la mode

[ah luh mohd, al-uh-, a la mawd] / ˌɑ lə ˈmoʊd, ˌæl ə-, a la ˈmɔd /
ADJECTIVE
with ice cream
Synonyms


à la mode


ADJECTIVE
with ice cream
Synonyms


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It’s about 10 miles off our route but is an air-conditioned oasis of burgers, pie a la mode and endless ice water.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Her hearty pecan pie recipe comes complete with a no-churn ice cream pairing, because no slice deserves to go without an a la mode moment.

From Salon May 30, 2022

Do we think that in five years’ time there’ll have been a massive kick back and proper Crazy Gang up-and-unders will be a la mode?

From The Guardian Sep. 16, 2019

Go there for 21 kinds of pie — and four scoops of vanilla ice cream, if you ask for it a la mode.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2018

He ordered that I be bought a new bag-wig, and my mother a whole series of costly dresses a la mode du beau monde.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

“He would say they had ‘class à la mode.’

From Washington Times Apr. 28, 2020

The backdrop is a cubist cityscape; their hair is cropped in the manner of Parisian garçons; and their red lips and shaded eyes are thoroughly à la mode.

From The Guardian Oct. 5, 2018

Don’t miss: The bleu cheese haystack -- a pile of shoestring fries covered in blue cheese and buffalo wing sauce -- and the apple-filled glazed doughnut served à la mode.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2015

Goodbye baked chicken breasts; hello pot roast with chestnut-braised green beans and pumpkin pie à la mode.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2012

Edward Pendleton's resort, a luxurious establishment down town, was regarded as quite à la mode, and I have heard it said that he had able assistance from social ranks.

From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur




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