recherché
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Scott Moncrieff’s pioneering translation of Marcel Proust’s “A la Recherche du Temps Perdu,” followed, two months later, by the death of Proust himself at age 51 on Nov. 18.
From Washington Post
The Orria chair — designed by Patrick Jouin, protoyped by the French national furniture-heritage association Atelier de Recherche et Création du Mobilier and manufactured by Alki, a company in the Basque region of France — is crafted from oak and features a black leather seat and backrest.
From New York Times
I hope The Post’s reporters and copy editors will ignore the kvetching from readers who find words such as “revanchist” and “irredentist” too arcane or recherché for their taste, as stated in the March 12 Free for All letter “We should not use language that alienates our audience.”
From Washington Post
And restorative justice—once a fairly recherché concept on the left—has gotten widespread enough that the backlash is well under way.
From Slate
Now in his 60s, the prominent dealer of mid-20th-century French design spent those early days exploring his new neighborhood on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, winding past recherché centuries-old homes with bisque stone facades and quiet courtyards.
From New York Times
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