: marked by special care or attention : meticulous
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Five art market veterans have allied to form the white-glove consulting firm New Perspectives Art Partners (NPAP). News Desk, Artforum, 27 June 2025 With its majestic suites, refined dining, spa facilities, live jazz, nautical adventures, tea lounge, luxury retail wing, and impeccable white-glove service, the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok continues to set the gold standard in luxury hospitality. Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 Items from David Lynch’s personal estate and archive sold for a total of over $4.5 million at a white-glove auction hosted Wednesday by Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies. Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025 This Beaux-Arts masterpiece facing Central Park South delivers old-world luxury through white-glove service, ornate architectural details, and rooms that evoke the glamour of a bygone era. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for white-glove

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First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of white-glove was in 1979

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“White-glove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-glove. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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