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[posh] / pɒʃ /


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Millie, who snapped a photo of the couple in their carriage, said their outfits "looked posh".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Photos of the spread aren’t available, but the posh property is said to be anchored by a 14,000-square-foot, eight-bedroom home.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

When the King looked rather like he was facing a very tricky spin attack, she suggested: "A posh word like 'lavatory'."

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Orr, who speaks with a crisp posh accent and grew up in Belgium, says he went to lunch recently in London with a top lawyer who quizzed him about Iran, Ukraine and Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

There is no war here yet and everything feels quite posh.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

These days, the 35-year-old’s gigs are at posher places such as London’s Royal Opera House and the Salzburg Festival.

From Seattle Times Apr. 19, 2024

Mr. Adams was aware that this setting was posher than many of his constituents would be accustomed to.

From New York Times May 3, 2022

"Here, Comer speaks in an affectedly sanded-down version of her own Scouse accent, like Tessa has deliberately smoothed out her vowels in the name of blending in with her posher peers."

From BBC Apr. 28, 2022

Shamed at a news conference, he promises to send kids from the closed, poor schools to posher schools, including his alma mater.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2020

If you just heard her voice next to Mum's you'd say Mum's posher.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

To say that Beacon Hill is the poshest part of Boston is not entirely true.

From Scientific American Nov. 2, 2023

Nichols’ covenants in Sunset Hill and Mission Hills, two of his poshest neighborhoods, were said by his company to have been copied in more than 50 cities.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2023

Unbelievably, he also likes to rap, but he's got the poshest accent you've ever heard.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2023

A nature-inspired playground overlooks a sandy beach with the poshest park restrooms I’ve ever seen.

From Seattle Times Mar. 26, 2021

Kingfisher Meadows's the poshest estate in Black Swan Green, most kids reckon.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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