poshness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poshness
Noun
  • Opened in 1912, this grand railway-era hotel blends old-world elegance with an unbeatable location: steps from Parliament Hill and close to the Rideau Canal, and downtown’s top museums and restaurants.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
  • This is the shift from being a coder to a code craftsperson—focusing on intentionality, experience, elegance and building systems that last.
    Deepa Shekhar, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The 2024 Spectre only got a two-day test drive in Long Beach, CA, earlier this week, but that was enough to experience a warm bath of utter swank, style and power of the electric supercar.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • To tap into their spot’s downtown ethos, the trio tapped industry titan Billy Cotton to design an interior swank enough to match the food at Bridges.
    Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • What was once considered a style no-no in cold weather has now become a bold statement.
    René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 13 July 2025
  • Sienna Miller, being something of an architect of modern boho style, is presumably no different.
    Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Preppy chic wasn’t much of a thing in that neighborhood, though.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • In the 1990s, heroin chic surged in popularity as women flooded law schools, boardrooms, and newsrooms in record numbers — a visual counterpunch to female ambition.
    Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The Beach Boys were in decline by 1967 — in health and hipness alike.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
  • Photos and videos from the period show famous revelers clearly giddy with their own hipness.
    USA Today, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Poshness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poshness. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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