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What is a cause celebre?

What is a cause celebre? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (principally, US) Alternative form of cause célèbre
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The outcome of this cause celebre could be a dawning belief that we're not as civilised as we imagine.
She was this cause celebre, this major novelist, like better than Updike.
As celebrities on the movie promotion circuit are wont to do, Cameron Diaz is hawking her latest cause celebre.
The tale of a Mountie muzzled for challenging allegedly uncaring bosses spread across Canada, and Creasser became something of a cause celebre in some quarters.
Rains kept silent about her dismissal even as the case became a cause celebre around her.
I cannot think of this institution without paying homage to my predecessor, David Leighton, who gave seven tireless years as Board Chair throughout Canada and abroad as he championed the arts and culture as a cause celebre.

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