posh
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In 2019, Zendaya expanded her real estate empire to a spread in Encino, Calif., paying a reported $3.97 million for the posh property.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Davies also mentioned a school in Birkenhead, considered "posh" in the area, which charges £52 for a school rugby top alone.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"They said I'm self-entitled, I'm a posh girl who is being a snob."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
There are posh parties, through which some of the young characters pass, though no one is doing cocaine or getting murdered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Even with her posh British accent, I was pretty sure that was sarcasm.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Demand has risen even in "affluent areas" thanks to "posher schools" charging high fees for certain mandatory uniform items, it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
The late senator, herself raised in a well-heeled Jewish family from a posher part of town, just had a knack for showing she cared about her fellow San Franciscans, no matter their background, Chacón said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
His father was a doctor, and he grew up in one of the posher suburbs of Boston.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
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
A nature-inspired playground overlooks a sandy beach with the poshest park restrooms I’ve ever seen.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
The company’s headquarters used to be in the industrial neighborhood of Noida, outside of Delhi, before it moved its offices and sampling studio to Dhan Mill, the poshest part of Delhi.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2020
Kingfisher Meadows's the poshest estate in Black Swan Green, most kids reckon.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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