Mayfair
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Mayfair venue, which has hosted Princess Beatrice, Idris Elba and Kim Kardashian, said it would be closed for "a few weeks" while investigations took place.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Beatles' first official London museum is set to open next year in the Mayfair building where the band recorded its final album and played its last gig, Paul McCartney announced Monday.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
The court heard Alison-Madueke would also spend hours in Thomas Goode, a china and silverware shop in Mayfair, and once arrived with an entourage of about four or five people.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Julian Scot-Smith was window shopping at a Porsche dealership with his wife in London’s fancy Mayfair district before Christmas, sizing up the SUVs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
He picked up the telephone, and in an assumed voice rich with Mayfair accents said, “Yus?”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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