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ultraexclusive en · ADJ

Etymology

From ultra- + exclusive.

Meanings

1. Particularly exclusive.
   • Ultraexclusive clubs, laundry specialists, on-demand helicopter rides and services that allow users to bid hundreds of dollars for a restaurant reservation are transforming how those with lots of disposable income eat dinner, work out, see the doctor, look after their children, walk their dogs and get around — all without really having to interact with hoi polloi. 2023 November 6, Eliza Shapiro, “Inside the Private World the Richest New Yorkers Built for Themselves”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • The home the president was using was located in the ultraexclusive ski-in, ski-out Deer Valley community known as Snow Haven. 2003, Brad Thor, The Lions of Lucerne:
   • Or does it rather suggest the existence of an ultraexclusive space that might be inhabited by a few godlike persons — a technology of social distinction... 2001, Mark McGurl, The Novel Art: Elevations of American Fiction After Henry James:

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