: marked by special care or attention : meticulous
white-glove service

Examples of white-glove in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The service is white-glove, the river and skyline views are spectacular, and the Italian food and wine is refined. Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2024 Five-star hotels across the capital are upping the ante on their usual white-glove service, offering things like athlete-worthy wellness programs and unique art exhibits. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 July 2024 In the 1840s, theater was in a transitional stage: for the most part, either people were quite wealthy and attended white-glove performances of refined arts, or the theater was understood to offer raucous fare and certainly wasn’t safe for women or children. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2024 While on-demand, cost-effective services have taken center stage, a very large demographic is still interested in white-glove offerings. Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for white-glove 

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Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 27 Jul. 2024.

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