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white-glove

Or white-gloved

[hwahyt-gluhv, wahyt-]

adjective

Informal.
  1. meticulous; painstaking; minute.

    a white-glove inspection.

  2. immaculate; spotless; sterile.

    a white-glove environment.



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A spokeswoman for the auctioneers said the "two-day, white-glove sale" had 1,885 registered bidders across 72 countries.

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United’s and Delta’s roads to premiumization started with deals in the late aughts and early 2010s, when Delta merged with Northwestern Airlines and United with Continental Airlines, and they focused on on-time performances and white-glove service.

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Regulars still get the white-glove treatment, but it’s all about feeling out what that person needs in the moment.

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“The Good Fight,” like its predecessor “The Good Wife,” focuses on the moral and mental gymnastics of center-left elites — white-glove attorneys, influential producers, tech entrepreneurs, corporate consultants — because it takes the right’s penchant for selfishness, corruption, vanity and vacuousness as an absurd given.

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Kaplan believes that apps could see better user retention and a worthy subscription model if they offered similar services, even if it wasn’t this white-glove.

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