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Recent Examples of plushness
Comfy couches for small spaces are all about the plushness element.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
Typically, it’s also piled with throw pillows for additional plushness and personality.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
Comfort and plushness aside, the guest rooms have a neutral palette that does not take attention away from what’s waiting outside the room, either the turquoise-blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean or the property’s verdant green gardens.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
Canada Goose Mystique Puffer Coat The warm, puffy coat of your dreams, this Canada Goose find is filled with 750 power down and 10 percent feather down for cloud-like plushness.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
Typically, it’s also piled with throw pillows for additional plushness and personality.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
Comfort and plushness aside, the guest rooms have a neutral palette that does not take attention away from what’s waiting outside the room, either the turquoise-blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean or the property’s verdant green gardens.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
Canada Goose Mystique Puffer Coat The warm, puffy coat of your dreams, this Canada Goose find is filled with 750 power down and 10 percent feather down for cloud-like plushness.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plushness
Noun
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There is a distinction worth drawing between luxury and beauty, or more precisely between opulence and grace.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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The monarchy tends to treat royal residences as working assets, sometimes even leased to staff, rather than as displays of opulence.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Warm lighting enhances natural materials, brings out the richness of colors, and helps rooms feel more comfortable from dawn to dusk.—
Natasha Bazika,
Martha Stewart,
14 June 2026
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Its richness is reflected in Boston’s minority- and immigrant-owned culinary institutions across its diverse neighborhoods.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Each of the Maisons is represented via artifacts that tell their unique stories of sumptuousness and cultural dialogue that helped shape diplomacy, identity, and popular culture.—
Nancy Olson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings.—
Laura E. Helton,
Literary Hub,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, desperate to connect with the grandeur of antiquity and left bitterly disappointed by his visit to Rome, eventually arrived in this once-vibrant center of the extended Greek empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness.—
Pope Leo XIV,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Noun
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During that time, Brown, 37, posted frequently on social media, including 13 Instagram posts showing him in a luxury sports car, at a barbershop and lounging poolside.—
Jenna West,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2025
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That’s the luxury Peterson provides.—
Sam McDowell
Updated December 7,
Kansas City Star,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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To actualize it, Arrighetti must maintain just a modicum of this magnificence.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Championing not just human magnificence but human imperfection is a radical turn.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Bespoke millwork adds instant architectural elegance, like in this luxurious bathroom by Harper Harris Design.—
Sophie Aliece Hollis,
Martha Stewart,
11 June 2026
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Just off Bamberg’s lively, strollable core is Hotel Villa Geyersworth, a four‑star, 40‑key property blending modern comfort with quiet old‑town elegance and well‑kept gardens.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Palatial splendor merges with chalet coziness, particularly in the raclette and charcuterie-heavy Le Coin Savoyard restaurant (one of three in the hotel and four off-site) and in the salons, where sofas and traditional rugs are illuminated by chandeliers and dim sconces.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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By combining the visual splendor and thrills of the cinema with a more extensive, intimate view into the character’s daily life previously only seen in the novels, the new video game version of 007 provides more of everything, and may not be fully reliant on periodic installments to dole out bliss.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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“Plushness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plushness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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