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a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme

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Recent Examples of parlor In the end, the team found an old pizza parlor which doubled up as a gas station, an important location in a show where the protagonists are constantly encountering new people on their journey. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025 Normally, Hawthorne would pay for Churchill Downs’ cable simulcast of its races, allowing gamblers to place bets at its windows at Hawthorne’s home track and its 12 off-track betting parlors in the suburbs and downstate. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025 Frank the Pizza King, an Italian pizza parlor in Englewood favored for its casual cuisine and quaint comfort, will have to leave its original location of 64 years. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025 Stewart, who grew up a working-class kid over his father's newspaper shop in London, did briefly have a job at a funeral parlor. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for parlor
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Noun
  • When the King takes his place on the dais after the inspection of the troops on Horse Guards Parade, there will be a moment of silence preceded by the sounding of the Last Post.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 14 June 2025
  • The establishment is designed to be a comfortable place to gather.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • All expressed their concerns, one way or another, to different officials within the facility, all the way up to the warden.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • Nintendo is capitalizing on the launch with the opening of a store in San Francisco and the Super Nintendo World amusement facility in Orlando, Florida, both set for this month.
    Ayaka Mcgill, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Uribe is a prominent figure in Colombia's political establishment — and the grandson of former President Julio César Turbay, who led the country from 1978 to 1982.
    Alfie Pannell, NPR, 8 June 2025
  • Some species, especially fruiting plants may need longer attention to ensure establishment and landscape success.
    Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025

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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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