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chic

[sheek] / ʃik /


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It’s inexpensive, uncomplicated and just a little chic.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

It is an unofficial downtown landmark that was considered chic when it opened as an indoor mall in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

In art circles, Mirabelle is known for co-founding the edgy New York gallery Rivington Arms, and Melia is a Harvard-educated chef who helped turn The Smile into a chic NoHo cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The living room, bathed in natural light, offers vaulted ceilings, a chic bar area, and a fireplace.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Small and chummy, the decor was thrift-store chic, and the food was outstanding.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

I think it’s because, with the feel-me walls, the bend-’n-sniff tubes, the claymation-like animated embroideries, it seemed like a grown-up version of the children’s “discovery” gallery, but with much chicer clothes.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2024

After one of the chicer funeral scenes committed to film, Marianne covers for Jean-Paul to the police, despite the fact Jean-Paul had just declared his desire to leave her for Penelope.

From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2021

Next to last year’s model, this one has a sleeker and chicer vibe.

From The Verge ● Jul. 10, 2020

Happy hour at home just got a whole lot chicer, with bar carts popping up in a variety of prices, colors and styles, including modern, minimal and industrial.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2017

The channel gave you the recipes for being chicer, more alternative, more you; for being gayer, blacker, more confrontational; for being cooler, basically.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2016

The upper floor, featuring the Moncler Grenoble line, has you fantasizing about the chicest après ski outfits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Portugal’s chicest beach destination is no longer a secret—but it still feels like one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Ahead of Saturday's awards ceremony, AFP brings you some of the chicest and craziest looks, and also the actor who brought a bit of grit to the glamour.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

That’s according to Vogue, which declared in January that cabbage is the chicest vegetable of 2026.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2026

All our chicest stock-jokes and pet patter they mops up, like mugs as they are, For they might cut their own chaff, eh, Charlie? not borrow it all from the bar.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by


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