Meaning & use
Apercus
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Brief, insightful comments or observations that reveal something important in a concise way.
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The essay was full of clever apercus about modern politics.
Her diary offers sharp apercus on the writers she knew.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French "aperçu," literally "perceived"; English texts sometimes retain the accented spelling.
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