ritzy
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The ritzy neighbourhood was made globally famous by K-pop star Psy's 2012 hit single "Gangnam Style" -- lauding the lifestyles of its ultra-rich residents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The public had also bid $15,000 on the olive-green painted wood front gates to the only home Monroe ever owned in the ritzy Brentwood neighbourhood.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The Hilton, in a ritzy Washington neighborhood, has long hosted the White House correspondents’ dinner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
While $461 is a lot for a hotel room — and you’ll likely need to get two — perhaps your friends would be fine with less ritzy accommodations.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
In the long dress she still felt very ritzy.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
One of the ritzier camps, Midway employs a staff of cooks and personal valets and boasts an extensive wine cellar.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2023
The Western diplomat estimates that the proportion of women refusing to publicly wear the hijab in the ritzier neighbourhoods of north Tehran is even higher than 20%.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
Detractors who bristle at Tan and Wang’s depiction of China as a backwater will surely find some solace in Crazy Rich Asians, which highlights the continent’s ritzier, less tradition-bound present.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2018
Still, she and her best friend fantasized about a ritzier life on the other side of town, far from her family’s duplex on Brown Street.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2017
Cordelia’s family moves to a different, larger house, in a ritzier neighborhood farther north.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Fraisse put it to me, pointing to two of the capital’s ritziest addresses.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
With the move, Spiegel joins one of the ritziest pockets in the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
His 16th restaurant is not just the most personal to date, it’s the ritziest.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2019
The startup even planned a grand showcase in late August at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, one of the ritziest car shows in the world.
From The Verge ● Dec. 31, 2018
One of my black classmates, a nerdy boy who was always kind to everyone, had parents who’d founded a big beauty-supply company and lived in one of the ritziest high-rises downtown.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
