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chic

[sheek] / ʃik /


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The sequel is flat and digital, loaded with garish CGI and set decoration that often mistakes boho chic for cottagecore.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The label said the collection sought to upend "traditional notions of chic" and rework historical silhouettes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Because only Prada can make deconstruction look this chic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Plus, investors bet they can turn aging hotels from shabby to chic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

It was chic to have an actual living person you could order around.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

I think it’s because, with the feel-me walls, the bend-’n-sniff tubes, the claymation-like animated embroideries, it seemed like a grown-up version of the children’s “discovery” gallery, but with much chicer clothes.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2024

Next to last year’s model, this one has a sleeker and chicer vibe.

From The Verge ● Jul. 10, 2020

It was seemingly the end when the designer, Walter Van Beirendonck — himself a large, hirsute Belgian man, a chicer version of Santa Claus — emerged to do his own walk down the runway.

From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2019

Happy hour at home just got a whole lot chicer, with bar carts popping up in a variety of prices, colors and styles, including modern, minimal and industrial.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2017

The channel gave you the recipes for being chicer, more alternative, more you; for being gayer, blacker, more confrontational; for being cooler, basically.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2016

Portugal’s chicest beach destination is no longer a secret—but it still feels like one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Ahead of Saturday's awards ceremony, AFP brings you some of the chicest and craziest looks, and also the actor who brought a bit of grit to the glamour.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

But anyone who grew up with the chicest member of the Muppets’ ensemble cast, whether on their TVs or in their dreams, understands she’s an eternal headliner.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Venturini Fendi said she was inspired by Princess Anne, whom she called “the chicest woman in the world,” capable of “maintaining her femininity while wearing a uniform,” the epitome of masculinity.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

All our chicest stock-jokes and pet patter they mops up, like mugs as they are, For they might cut their own chaff, eh, Charlie? not borrow it all from the bar.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by




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