mot juste in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

mot juste in the PONS Dictionary

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She considered, then said one word... but it was le mot juste.
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The mot juste, the pithy put down, the most apposite allegory for a given situation or time.
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He broke it scouring for perfect sentences, words, le mot juste.
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The entry for "triple master blaster" (and "entry" is le mot juste) made me spill coffee on one of the three organs this particular act avails.
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He had an unerring instinct for the mot juste, a perfect eye for the salient image.
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She's seldom at a loss for the mot juste.
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He didn't spend nights searching for the mot juste; the mot juste simply came.
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Every word is the proverbial mot juste.
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No freshly minted prime minister has known how to fashion le mot juste right from the start.
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Get it right, the mot juste is "hypocrisy".
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