dapperness

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Noun
  • In 2018, timed to the hotel's 25th anniversary, a major $60 million renovation by Didier Lefort, one of Hill’s co-collaborators, brought a fresh, timeless elegance up to the present moment without ever diluting its true attraction—the rainforest.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
  • Nia Long exuded timeless elegance for her Met Gala debut, stepping onto the carpet in her signature natural glam.
    Essence, Essence, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Carpenter looked très chic at Paris Fashion Week in June 2024 next to Mustafa and Omar Apollo.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • The Cyrus Hotel is both historic and modern chic, and sits in a walkable location downtown.
    Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Gang historian Alex Alonso said the gang unit’s hyper-aggressive style of policing has alienated generations of Black and brown Angelenos.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • The youngest Issa falls somewhere in between her sisters’ styles.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Developer Guy van Rooyen is promising high-end swank, with two new restaurants and a bar, three event spaces, close to three dozen hotel rooms – and plenty of window seats to watch the airfield.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • At the once-swank Primrose Hotel, Russian refugees recline on the porch, playing pinochle, watching the night traffic of Collins Avenue rumble down South Beach.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Balancing out work, making art that feels authentic, while still having a smartness about commercializing it and finding ways to commercialize it positively.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Engendered by the ubiquity of stable and robust WiFi and the incredible power of the smartphone’s system-on-a-chip design, the smart everything era demonstrates the full transfer of the smartness imaginary.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That’s especially true when there’s so much on-sale stylishness in Amazon’s discounted shoe department.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Cove is much larger, with a more formal service style, but the exactitude is still there, the sense of stylishness, the obsession and the delight.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The sense of a cultural in- and out-group dissolved as niche communities grew and old-school ideas of coolness fell away.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
  • Unfortunately, Strings is the Icarus to the blazing sun of ultra coolness.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of a hip city like London or Manchester, EMF came from the rustic Forest of Dean, in western Gloucestershire.
    Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Early symptoms include fever, fatigue and aches in the back, hips, shoulders and thighs, the CDC said.
    Hali Smith May 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
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“Dapperness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dapperness. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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