white-glove
Americanadjective
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meticulous; painstaking; minute.
a white-glove inspection.
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immaculate; spotless; sterile.
a white-glove environment.
Example Sentences
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Unlike Restaurant Depot’s customers, Sysco’s typically shop more frequently, in larger volumes, and want delivery and white-glove service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
A spokeswoman for the auctioneers said the "two-day, white-glove sale" had 1,885 registered bidders across 72 countries.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
The leads, Heathcote and Platt, are especially alluring as the happy couple forced to confront a snake slithering in their white-glove Eden.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023
In their self-conception, they would be entitled to white-glove service from the federal government in the wake of this massively inconveniencing event.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2023
I walked along giving it the white-glove inspection.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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