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swanky

[swang-kee] / ˈswæŋ ki /


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The swanky space features Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor views from every room.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

This latest project takes its name from the address in the swanky 1st arrondissement of Paris where Coco Chanel lived in an iconic apartment above her boutique.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

Rapidly spreading blazes have forced authorities to evacuate tens of thousands of people from the swanky Cap Ferret peninsula and surrounding villages, in one of the largest evacuation operations ever conducted in France.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Mr. and Mrs. Antolini had this very swanky apartment over on Sutton Place, with two steps that you go down to get in the living room, and a bar and all.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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

Cattle deaths from train collisions isn't new in India, though the media's scrutiny of these deaths has increased over the past few years as the country launches newer, swankier trains.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

"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

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

This wasn’t the swankiest showing; the first king was played by an enslaved man who wore a makeshift robe fashioned from a window curtain, and the play was condensed for a smaller cast.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

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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