de rigueur
Example Sentences
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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
Supporting Mamdani became stylish – almost de rigueur – among certain segments of affluent New York.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025
Jackson recently published Lovely One, her entry into the canon of de rigueur Supreme Court memoirs.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2024
Back then, orange blossoms were the de rigueur flower of wedding bouquets.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024
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
