as in luxurious
showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort
a palatial penthouse apartment
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Recent Examples of palatial
From its earliest foundations, the daily operation of its vast workforce, and the lavish palatial residence, there seems to be no end in sight to its former glory.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
All three of the Americans' World Cup group stage matches are on the West Coast, starting with their opener Friday night against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium, the palatial NFL arena about 50 miles away in Inglewood, California.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
After Felix invites him to his family’s palatial country house over summer break, Oliver weasels his way into their good graces and turns their world upside down.
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Its interior will boast the world's highest observation point, plus a luxury hotel, office space, and palatial apartments.
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New Atlas,
4 June 2026
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
All three of the Americans' World Cup group stage matches are on the West Coast, starting with their opener Friday night against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium, the palatial NFL arena about 50 miles away in Inglewood, California.
—
ABC News,
8 June 2026
After Felix invites him to his family’s palatial country house over summer break, Oliver weasels his way into their good graces and turns their world upside down.
—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Its interior will boast the world's highest observation point, plus a luxury hotel, office space, and palatial apartments.
—
New Atlas,
4 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for palatial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palatial
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Performance factors purposefully into the mix using soft, durable outdoor marine fabrics from Loro Piana, luxurious marine-grade leathers from Moore & Giles, sculptural plumbing fixtures from Dornbracht, and architectural hardware from Joseph Giles.
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Built on a hillside overlooking Vila Nova de Gaia (where most of the old-line port merchants are located) and the Douro River, the luxurious 82-room hotel gets its identity from the local wine trade.
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The set includes 25 hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; deluxe packaging with rare photographs and new illustrations, plus artwork and documents annotated by Kubrick himself.
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Center City was silent except for drug dealers in deluxe cars driving round at night.
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Daniel Mendelsohn, the most recent translator of the Odyssey, preserves that scheme, writing a detailed, luxuriant, often beautiful line.
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The outdoor shower was lined by a wall of luxuriant birds of paradise plants.
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Even those spending six figures annually (as opposed to monthly) on rent have more access than ever to ultra-luxury residences.
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The off-market transaction underscores a broader reality of today’s ultra-luxury market, where control of land increasingly outweighs the ambition of what might be built upon it.
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The pop star, 30, and actor, 36, tied the knot at an intimate civil wedding in London on May 31 before having a second, more lavish and picturesque wedding on a Sicilian island on June 6.
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While the exterior is simple and white-washed, the interior is like a lavish country estate, owing to the esteemed design eye of Pierre-Yves Rochon.
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Then there’s Meghan Markle’s post-palace wardrobe, a parade of tailored trousers, elevated linens, and copious amounts of cashmere.
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Another senior cleric, Behbahani, not only threw his weight behind the Shah but, as evidence strongly suggests, accepted CIA money to stage pro-palace demonstrations.
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“Palatial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palatial. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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