Meaning & use
voila
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Used to draw attention to something or announce its sudden appearance, often with a sense of satisfaction.
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She added the final flower to the arrangement and said, "Voila, it's finished!"
He flipped the pancake perfectly and exclaimed, "Voila!"
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French, "voila" is fully naturalized in English and is often written without its original accent mark.
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