as in fashionable
appealing to affluent consumers
a new upscale shopping center is under construction on the west end of town
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Amazon has opened a new store below the Whole Foods in the One Chicago building at Chicago and State, hoping to attract customers looking for items the more upscale market doesn't offer.
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Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
Kibale Lodge The only upscale lodge in the region, Kibale Lodge combines charming Batoro hospitality with handspun luxury accommodation.
—Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
An upscale upbringing Much like her future husband, Ethel—maiden name Ethel Skakel—was part of a large and prominent Irish-Catholic family.
—Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
An Oakland County man killed Friday in an upscale Rochester Hills neighborhood was identified as 72-year-old Hussein Murray.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2024
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Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
Kibale Lodge The only upscale lodge in the region, Kibale Lodge combines charming Batoro hospitality with handspun luxury accommodation.
—Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
An upscale upbringing Much like her future husband, Ethel—maiden name Ethel Skakel—was part of a large and prominent Irish-Catholic family.
—Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
An Oakland County man killed Friday in an upscale Rochester Hills neighborhood was identified as 72-year-old Hussein Murray.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Upscale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upscale. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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