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as in museums
a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed
at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art
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as in places
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business
a hair salon
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Recent Examples of salons
The owner modeled her brick-and-mortar after the great boutiques and salons of Paris, catching the attention of shoppers such as Blake Lively and Dita Von Teese along the way.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Small businesses, such as hairdressers and nail salons, simply cannot survive without workers because their jobs cannot be automated.
—Rohit Arora, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Intellectual salons aim to serve as facilitators, creating the conditions that increase the likelihood of these critical encounters.
—Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Beyond individual talents, salons can bring together entire organizations that need help expanding their reach and securing funding.
—Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The contemporary guests at these salons include influential business leaders, visionary entrepreneurs, founders of technology projects in IT, art and science as well as investors, nonprofit leaders and institutional representatives.
—Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Bedraggled young men in sneakers and mismatched fatigues wander wide-eyed through the opulent salons of the former tyrant’s palace, astonished at the heaping fruits of decades of plunder.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
The Braid, which for 17 years has featured Jewish stories through salons, play readings and more, now has a physical home on Ocean Boulevard in Santa Monica.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Despite initially promising a more moderate rule, the group barred women from higher education, public spaces like parks and most jobs, and shut down hair and beauty salons across the country after deeming them un-Islamic.
—Marc Smith, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Small businesses, such as hairdressers and nail salons, simply cannot survive without workers because their jobs cannot be automated.
—Rohit Arora, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Intellectual salons aim to serve as facilitators, creating the conditions that increase the likelihood of these critical encounters.
—Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Beyond individual talents, salons can bring together entire organizations that need help expanding their reach and securing funding.
—Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The contemporary guests at these salons include influential business leaders, visionary entrepreneurs, founders of technology projects in IT, art and science as well as investors, nonprofit leaders and institutional representatives.
—Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Bedraggled young men in sneakers and mismatched fatigues wander wide-eyed through the opulent salons of the former tyrant’s palace, astonished at the heaping fruits of decades of plunder.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
The Braid, which for 17 years has featured Jewish stories through salons, play readings and more, now has a physical home on Ocean Boulevard in Santa Monica.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Despite initially promising a more moderate rule, the group barred women from higher education, public spaces like parks and most jobs, and shut down hair and beauty salons across the country after deeming them un-Islamic.
—Marc Smith, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salons
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That includes stationery stores, travel retailers, university shops, museums and bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and The Strand.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Recent cuts targeted the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency that supports museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media projects across all 50 states.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2025
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Duval Street World famous Duval Street is where the party starts, home of bars, live music, restaurants, art galleries, hotels and guesthouses and shops.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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Ontario’s walkable downtown, meanwhile, has restaurants, breweries, shops, galleries, and the Four Rivers Cultural Center.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2025
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Shower facilities and fire pits are also available on-site.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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Rikers, which is under a federal monitor, has already been slated for closure in favor of smaller facilities, but Adams has resisted closing the notorious complex.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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These establishments, along with The Urban Oyster, represent a new chapter in Baltimore’s culinary story.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
14 Mar. 2025
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These children are the future of our government, of our corporations, of our school boards of our retail establishments, even our religious leaders.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Salons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salons. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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