haute

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Recent Examples of haute Art runs the only dairy farm on the South Fork of Long Island while Harry runs the Fairview Farm and its haute farm stand, as well as the famous corn maze in the Fall. Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Additionally, travelers can pick from nine bars and lounges and 10 restaurants, ranging from haute French fare in Bordeaux to Pan-Asian specialties in Himitsu. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024 Or, Kylie Jenner’s haute bride of Frankenstein moment care of Jean Paul Gaultier in 2022. Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024 Jet, a flat-black, opaque gemstone derived from wood that has experienced extreme compression over millions of years, was the haute stone throughout the Victorian era, a time when fashion and jewelry deftly signaled a person’s social status, financial wealth and even emotional state. Emili Vesilind, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for haute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haute
Adjective
  • The space was housed in a beautiful Beaux-Arts maison with chic minimal decor.
    Essence, Essence, 29 June 2025
  • The new museum is located only a stone’s throw from Maison Fragonard, a chic guest house offering six bedrooms in three apartments — each spanning one floor – that the brand opened in 2021.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Lucy works for a ritzy company aptly named Adore and has just brokered her ninth client wedding.
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025
  • In September 2024, a Texas woman was robbed at gunpoint, pistol-whipped and tied up in her Dallas-area home located in the ritzy neighborhood of Bluffview, where the average home value is $880,000, according to Zillow.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • The couple was spotted attending the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show on June 27 and wore a pair of fashionable ensembles for the event.
    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • In the downstairs Photo Elysée space, American photographer Tyler Mitchell’s show Wish This Was Real depicts African American subjects of all ages in all manner of settings, in images that are at times fashionable, at times quotidian, and often enigmatic—but always richly beautiful in composition.
    John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • But finding that perfect chichi pullover can be a mission.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Revelers from across the country and abroad were parading through Berlin on Saturday from chichi Kurfuerstendamm street in the west to the city’s landmark Brandenburg Gate.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 27 July 2019
Adjective
  • Based on the Elin Hilderbrand novel, the show stars Garner as a famous food influencer who hosts a weekend getaway for her friends at her posh Nantucket home; Sevigny and Chan will respectively play the roles of Tatum McKenzie and Gigi Ling.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 June 2025
  • Among those summer guests was Tillie’s future husband, Lew Berg, a British chemical engineer, who impressed Tillie with his posh accent.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Summit One Vanderbilt’s Exclusive Fourth of July could be Manhattan’s most luxe skyline celebration, where the glittering skyline will feel like an exclusive celebration at 1,100 ft. above street level.
    Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • The brown buttons add a luxe feel that punches above its price tag.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the film’s best scene, Lucy and Harry sit across from each other at a swank restaurant, negotiating their transition into something more serious.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
  • It's performed in the round at the intimate Circle in the Square Theatre, which has been transformed into a swank nightclub with two separate stages and table seating.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Swap out that workmanlike case for something that’s more casual, more stylish, and—whisper it—more functional.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 25 June 2025
  • One of the biggest struggles of dressing for the summer heat is finding a pair of sandals that are both stylish and comfortable.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 25 June 2025

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“Haute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haute. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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