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chic

[sheek] / ʃik /


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And so I headed to Rosetta, a chic restaurant set in a Spanish mansion in Roma Norte.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Depicted with potted plants, ample relaxation room, and chic luggage storage under Saarinen tulip tables, the people mover, the video promises, “will perhaps be best known for its convenience and its feeling of luxury.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The property spans 10,823 square feet and features a grand foyer with black marble columns, an expansive hallway, and a chic fireplace.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

I’m wearing a helmet that looks chic rather than orthopedic.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

“I remember thinking that. You were dork chic before dork chic was chic.”

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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

After one of the chicer funeral scenes committed to film, Marianne covers for Jean-Paul to the police, despite the fact Jean-Paul had just declared his desire to leave her for Penelope.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2021

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

From The Verge Jul. 10, 2020

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

Comporta, Portugal’s chicest beach destination, is no longer a secret.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 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

Alongside Berlin-based club DJ MCR-T, and a propulsive synth line from Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” the Buenos Aires baddie crafts one of the chicest earworms of the year.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

The chicest thing is, you know, a black dress or a white sofa or a silver car.

From Salon Sep. 28, 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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