Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers.
- adjective Sophisticated and discerning.
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- adjective Most
sophisticated orexpensive - adjective Appealing to sophisticated or discerning tastes
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Examples
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A company that perpetually markets the most expensive products in its industry pursues what is commonly called a high-end strategy, just as a person who always accepts the most challenging of jobs may be described as pursuing a high-risk strategy.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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A company that perpetually markets the most expensive products in its industry pursues what is commonly called a high-end strategy, just as a person who always accepts the most challenging of jobs may be described as pursuing a high-risk strategy.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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It has 18 individual thatched cottages strung along a mile of sheltered private beach, and is known as a high-end destination for well-heeled tourists.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The estimate was described as a high-end figure based on 2014 costs.
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What such a device—sometimes described as a "high-end car for kids"—has to do with HBO or the Emmys, we don't know, but that's OK.
Inside the Pre-Emmy Parties: Sponsors Marshall Heyman 2011
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It would horrify the city planners of old, but we are probably going to have to learn to live with slums, which means working out the difference between the so-called "high-end slums" – good, safe, organised ones – and the frighteningly dangerous.
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Absolutely, absolutely a Montepulciano doc, he responded, referring to a high-end red wine.
Manslaughter trial opens against experts for Italy quake 2011
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Absolutely, absolutely a Montepulciano doc, he responded, referring to a high-end red wine.
Manslaughter trial opens against experts for Italy quake 2011
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Visitor numbers to the country are limited not only by the difficulty of access, but by another government policy, that of encouraging only what the Tourism Council of Bhutan calls "high-end" tourism.
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"Absolutely, absolutely a Montepulciano doc," he responded, referring to a high-end red wine.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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