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  • noun Alternative spelling of aperçu.

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Examples

  • Curious, I thought, and perhaps the sort of apercu that would finally bring me tenure!

    The Mata Hari of the Faculty Lounge Con Chapman 2011

  • On returning, he found each of his wheels had been sabotaged and the following apercu stuck to his windscreen: "Can yir dug blow up tyres, mister?"

    I've a bone to pick with David Attenborough | Kevin McKenna 2011

  • Here, in its entirety, is the apercu of John J. Miller -- conservative, writer, and proud father:

    Ellis Weiner: "This is How Conservatives Are Made" 2009

  • Voila donc toutes mes poupees et en faisant cela je me suis apercu qu'arrivé en juillet, j'aurai tres exactement 13 poupee ... je me vois donc dans l'obligation d'en commander une quatorzieme mais ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • A choice apercu, a few glancing blows, a feint – then the full body slam.

    cinéphile 2006

  • With that apercu, the President joined a long line of gaffe-making chief executives that includes Ronald Reagan ("We begin bombing in five minutes") and Jimmy Carter (who told congressmen that, if Sen. Edward Kennedy were to run against him, "I'll whip his ass").

    President Bush’s Swearing Ceremony - Tuned In - TIME.com 2006

  • Du coup ce matin en matant mes sublimes jambes ben j'ai apercu d'innombrables griffures ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005

  • Well, whinges the person who thinks that this is a truly astonishing apercu, Tony Blair listens to him all the time and does what he is told.

    I don't necessarily agree with all they do but .... Helen 2005

  • Maleus smiled and tossed a coin into the overturned cap, more for the _apercu_ than for the music, then walked on.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • Kris left Robin explaining an apercu to Evelyn and walked me to the edge of the terrace to look at the moon reflected in the pool.

    Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999

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  • See also aperçu

    December 19, 2006

  • Didn't know the cedilla was an option. Thanks!

    December 19, 2006

  • JM has a forty a day apercu habit.

    December 28, 2010

  • JM was onto his latest apercu like a rat up a drainpipe.

    April 25, 2011