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swank

[swangk] / swæŋk /




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While the properties have been zoned for use as supportive housing for years, they are surrounded by swank condominiums that have sold for as much as $7 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

The 1880s Artillery Officer Quarters, for example, have been restored and brilliantly whitewashed as the swank Capella Hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

EVANSTON, Ill.— Bryan and Kay Keenan just paid $2 million for a 1,600-square-foot apartment in The Mather, a swank retirement community here.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

“My comfort zone is being outside of my comfort zone,” León said from his shopping-bag-strewn suite at a swank Beverly Hills hotel in California, his girlfriend and team at his side.

From New York Times • May 27, 2024

Joe couldn’t do what he most wanted to do, to take Joyce out to the swank places downtown that many of her friends frequented.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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