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Recent Examples of plushness
Layered moisture management technology regulates temperature and wicks away moisture, and down alternative gives it just the right plushness for your preference in soft, medium, and firm varieties.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2026
Canada Goose Mystique Puffer Coat The warm, puffy coat of your dreams, this Canada Goose find is filled with 750 power down and 10 percent feather down for cloud-like plushness.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
In this case, that will be for eight hours every day — as spreadsheets are suddenly made more palatable thanks to its underhand plushness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2026
Canada Goose Mystique Puffer Coat The warm, puffy coat of your dreams, this Canada Goose find is filled with 750 power down and 10 percent feather down for cloud-like plushness.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
In this case, that will be for eight hours every day — as spreadsheets are suddenly made more palatable thanks to its underhand plushness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plushness
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Ragusa’s paintings explore opulence, yet evoke a kind of existential angst, while Brown’s work reclaims the symbols that haunt our nightmares, turning fear into empowerment.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles’ opulence — bankrolled by Mark Walter, the Guggenheim Group, an advantageous TV deal, and dominance of the Japanese market thanks to the team’s stars from the country — has led to a budget over $400 million once again.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Serve with crusty bread, garlic toast, or a simple green salad with a tangy vinaigrette to balance the soup’s richness.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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Due to this chemical richness, the team decided to examine the nebula in greater detail using the Mid-Infrared Instrument on JWST.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Beading, feathers, and pony-hair textures bring sumptuousness to ballet flats, clutches, and ladylike handbags, while plush textures give cloud-like softness to pumps and and tote bags.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 Nov. 2025
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Despite the buildings’ lavishness, the plastics meeting is in a downstairs space that’s less Dubai bling than basic corporate nice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Then again, a sense of glamour and lavishness—two pillars of Old Hollywood, when the big film studios had big money to burn—still goes hand-in-hand with awards season dressing today, too.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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But what really stays with you is the quiet intimacy hidden inside that grandeur, thanks to small reading rooms, gallery-like corridors, and staircases that suddenly open to the sea.—
Gina Góngora,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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There’s certainly an abstract commercial grandeur to it.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The mix of old world glamour and service with modern, fun touches make this the definition of modern day luxury.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Madera has devoted his fortune to restoring historic estates and transforming them into intimate luxury retreats.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2026
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Mosaic magnificence Fine art and mosaic design come together on the patio of this Massachusetts residence, which features stainless-steel appliances under a mosaic installation created with half-inch vitreous glass.—
Megan Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
12 Mar. 2026
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The film’s press campaign has, quite reasonably, played up the magnificence of Skarsgård’s body in leather and winked at the transgressiveness on display.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?—
Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
5 Dec. 2023
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The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2022
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“Plushness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plushness. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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