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Recent Examples of plushness
Additionally, since this piece is machine washable with a nonslip backing, its waterproof barrier doesn’t sacrifice its plushness.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 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
In this case, that will be for eight hours every day — as spreadsheets are suddenly made more palatable thanks to its underhand plushness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 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
In this case, that will be for eight hours every day — as spreadsheets are suddenly made more palatable thanks to its underhand plushness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plushness
Noun
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No rote midcentury-modern furniture here, nor the ornate colonial opulence that seems to be a default in many of Peru's more traditional five-stars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Embrace her opulence without taking out a bank loan with these gemstone nails.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The sheer richness of the fashion, meanwhile, compels viewers to step up closely to admire the artistry of the stitches and richness of the embroideries, and that’s precisely the point, because ultimately this is a celebration of the art of Italian handcraft.—
Laurie Brookins,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2026
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But the pie's richness comes from the crème fraîche, whipping cream, whole-grain mustard, and fresh thyme.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Beading, feathers, and pony-hair textures bring sumptuousness to ballet flats, clutches, and ladylike handbags, while plush textures give cloud-like softness to pumps and and tote bags.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Then again, a sense of glamour and lavishness—two pillars of Old Hollywood, when the big film studios had big money to burn—still goes hand-in-hand with awards season dressing today, too.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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And yet, most fliers—unable to afford the lavishness of business or first class—feel banished to fly forever in the very cheapest seats.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2025
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These movies have the extraordinary merit of putting the passions of love and the obstacles to relationships front and center, balancing personal desires and social obligations on an equal footing, and thereby lending bourgeois life the grandeur of tragedy.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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His seating position forms a triangle, which Berzock said symbolizes grandeur and status.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Osaka is seeing a spate of new luxury hotels, so the pressure on this one to stand out was intense.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Lucy brought luxury to the island in the form of estates, family mansions, and a power plant.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Spend some time fishing on Sprague Lake, or take in the magnificence of a sunrise at Bear Lake.—
Giovanna Caravetta,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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This paradise has been my second home for more than 25 years, a place to escape and be enveloped by nature’s sheer magnificence.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?—
Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
5 Dec. 2023
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The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2022
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“Plushness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plushness. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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