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[swang-kee] / ˈswæŋ ki /


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I can understand your frustration in seeing travelers in your social feeds, who often present themselves as relatable and living a similar lifestyle as you, recommending swanky accommodations and picture-perfect experiences that are outrageously expensive.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Awards season is around the corner, with opponents ready to duke it out in the ring of swanky luncheons and Hollywood hobnobbing.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

The airline will open swanky lounges in Austin, Texas; Baltimore; Nashville, Tenn.; and Honolulu, hoping to lure fliers to a new high-end credit card it plans to launch next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

On Saturday evening, Kielpinski spoke about the importance of replacing the existing building during a swanky fundraiser overlooking the water at Descanso Beach Club in Avalon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

After seeing other tycoons grow bored with their lavish art collections and swanky mansions, Fabyan had invested his own millions in a private brain trust.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The basic Five Star service comes with Admirals Club access, but Tara dropped me off at the swankier Flagship lounge because it wasn’t busy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

This is a basic desk from a lesser-known vendor, and I was a bit skeptical when it was offered to me for testing after having used swankier desks from the likes of Vari.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

They will also have a new pick-up shelf and parking spots for mobile orders, along with a more technologically advanced kitchen and a swankier interior.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023

If mom-and-pop restaurants specializing in galbi jjim, kimchi jjigae or soondubu disappear, to be replaced by swankier places or chains like Sweetgreen, will Koreatown lose its soul?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

"It seems hardly possible that your activities would be confined largely to going to the cinema, to the swankier night clubs and eating in the more famed restaurants."

From The Common Man by George Luther Schelling

We met in a cozy bar at the Crockfords, one of the swankiest luxury hotels on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

At one end of the Haslegrave Ground on the university campus, in the shadow of English cricket's National Performance Centre, is a marquee, big enough to hold the swankiest wedding.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024

A half-dozen or so men gathered last month for afternoon drinks at the penthouse bar of the 11 Mirrors, one of Kyiv’s swankiest hotels, to discuss the lucrative business of arming Ukrainian troops.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2023

It was one of the grandest and swankiest parties held in generations, with pricey tickets and a level of pomp befitting the figurative coronation of the general who had preserved the Union.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022

La Calvados was the swankiest French restaurant in Greater Washington, a city not devoid of swank restaurants.

From Status Quo by Mack Reynolds


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