as in fashionable
appealing to affluent consumers
an upmarket restaurant that is quite pricey but also quite good
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Recent Examples of upmarket
Hanalei Town is home to an upmarket shopping district not lacking in Kauai charm.
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Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Its interior fuses hallmark design elements from the Maybach brand alongside upmarket textures, including significant upholstery moments throughout each of the guest cabins.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Oke was later pursued by Nigeria’s financial crimes investigations agency in connection with more than $43 million in cash discovered in a flat in the upmarket Ikoyi neighborhood in Lagos, leading to money laundering charges against him and his wife.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Larry Fraser, 49, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday for stealing the 2004 print – worth £270,000 (about $355,000) – from the Grove Gallery in the British capital’s upmarket neighborhood of Fitzrovia last September, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
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Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Its interior fuses hallmark design elements from the Maybach brand alongside upmarket textures, including significant upholstery moments throughout each of the guest cabins.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Oke was later pursued by Nigeria’s financial crimes investigations agency in connection with more than $43 million in cash discovered in a flat in the upmarket Ikoyi neighborhood in Lagos, leading to money laundering charges against him and his wife.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Larry Fraser, 49, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday for stealing the 2004 print – worth £270,000 (about $355,000) – from the Grove Gallery in the British capital’s upmarket neighborhood of Fitzrovia last September, according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upmarket
Adjective
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And Bina Daigeler’s costumes are a hoot, ostentatiously fashionable and expensive and sexy.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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But most just looked like fashionable music fans, flaunting boots and baggy denim while taking selfies.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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The sheen of the leather, the oversized round buckle—these flat sandals are inherently elegant and modern without trying to be so.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Cellini was no doubt an elegant dress watch, though, as Coogler makes clear.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
14 Feb. 2026
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And McDonald’s has gone upscale in the Valentine's Day offers game, encouraging folks to top its Chicken McNuggets with caviar with a giveaway.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Transforming 111 Founders Plaza into upscale housing.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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For golf enthusiasts, this hotel offers exclusive access to Tierra del Sol, an 18-hole course designed by Robert Trent Jones II.—
José Cantillo Ferrer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Upmarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upmarket. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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