de rigueur
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Savory cocktails have become de rigueur in recent years, and if we’re willing to sip olive or oyster brine, why not try some broth in your drink?
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
She appears free of the extreme cosmetic interventions that have become de rigueur for her contemporaries—and, in the trickle-down sense, mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
After every Emmys, it’s de rigueur to write about shows that were “snubbed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
The practice caught on, and now it’s nearly de rigueur for politicians to wear it on their attire.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2025
It became de rigueur among architecture critics and historians to argue that Burnham in his insecurity and slavish devotion to the classical yearnings of the eastern architects had indeed killed American architecture.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
