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oeuvre

[œ-vruh] / ˈœ vrə /
NOUN
body of work
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An Ohio statewide remix of Toni Morrison’s oeuvre connects the ghosts of ‘Beloved’ to the neighborhoods of ‘Sula’ to reveal the real narratives of the American experiment.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Here, he’s reinterpreted his own oeuvre through a presidential lens.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

She confessed to chuckling at the governor’s memes — an over-the-top oeuvre that includes Newsom as super hero, Newsom as religious beacon, Newsom as romance-novel hunk — and his other cheeky jabs at the president.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2026

It should come as little surprise, then, that Mao is a recurring muse in the Gao brothers' oeuvre.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

Dr. Sussman was also an amateur photographer, and he captured some portraits of Bobby that worked their way into the Fischer oeuvre years later.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Always an industrious worker, his oeuvres ranged from stage set design to photography and printmaking.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

The two centuries-old museum said in a statement it had set up a research team to study the 25 oeuvres and determine if there are other works that were also confiscated.

From Reuters Sep. 20, 2022

Subsequent Rembrandt years — 1956 and 1969 — have concentrated on bringing together masterpieces by Rembrandt and his pupils so as to further delineate their individual oeuvres.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2019

She also bagged up hundreds of books, including the oeuvres of Twain and Updike, because they were close to where the dog suspected bedbugs.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2012

Every day new needs make us create new oeuvres, which we organize quickly.

From The Living Present by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn




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