as in luxurious
showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort
a palatial penthouse apartment
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Recent Examples of palatial
Young Adam comes from a wealthy family and lives in his parents’ palatial New York apartment.
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Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
In Utah, warmth has indefinitely postponed this winter’s Midway Ice Castles, an attraction 45 minutes east of Salt Lake City that requires cold temperatures to freeze water into building-size, palatial features.
—Mead Gruver, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
Throughout, residential design elements harken back to the building’s former life as a palatial noble home.
—Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
In Utah, warmth has indefinitely postponed this winter's Midway Ice Castles, an attraction 45 minutes east of Salt Lake City that requires cold temperatures to freeze water into building-size, palatial features.
—Mead Gruver, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2025
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Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
In Utah, warmth has indefinitely postponed this winter’s Midway Ice Castles, an attraction 45 minutes east of Salt Lake City that requires cold temperatures to freeze water into building-size, palatial features.
—Mead Gruver, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
Throughout, residential design elements harken back to the building’s former life as a palatial noble home.
—Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
In Utah, warmth has indefinitely postponed this winter's Midway Ice Castles, an attraction 45 minutes east of Salt Lake City that requires cold temperatures to freeze water into building-size, palatial features.
—Mead Gruver, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palatial
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The company’s eponymous founder, one of Charleston’s richest men, went on to build the city’s most luxurious hotel, the Mills House.—
Eugene Robinson,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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In Paris, Robbie slipped into a custom Chanel couture gown made of luxurious red velvet, with a corseted bodice, bustle, and flowing train—a piece that looks right off the set of the forthcoming film.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
3 Feb. 2026
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Choose a deluxe cabin for the full crew, which comes with either two queen beds or a queen bed and a pull-out sofa, sleeping up to four people.—
Jenny Willden,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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Now three decades later, Sideshow has become the internet’s premier destination for deluxe pop culture collectibles, offering not only statues and figures crafted by Sideshow’s artisans but also a huge range of officially licensed products from artists all over the world.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
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To watch his dank, brooding studies in social collapse, most of them filmed in long, loping black-and-white takes, is to embark on an oddly luxuriant descent into Purgatory.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2026
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Plenty of intimate questions and long, luxuriant answers followed.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Page, meanwhile, has followed a more Bezos-ian playbook by decamping to Miami, dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in Miami’s posh Coconut Grove neighborhood.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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There were 56 properties sold in both years, but far fewer ultra-luxury homes hit the market last year compared to 2024, resulting in a wild swing.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2026
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The allegations span from 2016 until 2022 during which Reina is accused of using his position to divert funds to fund lavish trips abroad, pay his children’s tuition and extensive renovations to his West Sacramento home, prosecutors said in a statement Thursday.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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With several cabaret shows in the area, including Lido and Crazy Horse, plenty of people stop by for a pre-show dinner to set the tone for a lavish evening out.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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That a post-palace Markle had been legitimised on fashion’s biggest stage.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
29 Dec. 2025
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The move to extend a close relationship with a streaming giant notches soundly into Meghan and Harry's post-palace strategy.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Palatial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palatial. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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