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swank

[swangk] / swæŋk /




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Mr. Mulla subtly guides us to a sympathetic view of these rarified figures, in their swank and privileged world, caught out of time and defeated by vast historical forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

EVANSTON, Ill.— Bryan and Kay Keenan just paid $2 million for a 1,600-square-foot apartment in The Mather, a swank retirement community here.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

History, here, ultimately overwhelms the new staging in a swank contemporary environment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

“My comfort zone is being outside of my comfort zone,” León said from his shopping-bag-strewn suite at a swank Beverly Hills hotel in California, his girlfriend and team at his side.

From New York Times • May 27, 2024

These women lived in neighborhoods of swank brownstones and exclusive apartment houses, with doormen dressed like admirals.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey