metier
Example Sentences
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Kimberly is the kind of oddball role that is Lindsay-Abaire’s authorial métier.
From New York Times
He was hired as a magic demonstrator in a shop in Manhattan, but he found his métier not in performing magic but in writing about magicians; he was impressed by one magician’s onstage comedic patter, which led him to self-publish “The Encyclopedia of Patter” in 1946.
From New York Times
Growing up in Rhode Island, she had found her voice in the church choir and her métier on the radio.
From New York Times
It “lacks focus and stability,” he wrote, “its métier is bearing witness, demonstrating solidarity.”
From Washington Post
The complex, which can hold 350 fans, runs 40 beers and ciders on tap, and coming soon, Métier Brewing Co., one of the few African American breweries in the country, will brew here.
From Seattle Times
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