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also hair stylists
as in stylists
a person who cuts and arranges hair
the hairstylist fashioned the model's hair into an elegant updo
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Recent Examples of hairstylists
In recent years, lawmakers approved legislation to require beauticians and hairstylists to undergo training in detecting trafficking signs in their clients.
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Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Their parents worked as plumbers, police officers, pastors, hairstylists, or Amazon warehouse stockers.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The hotel also houses a hair salon by Vu Nguyen, staffed with expert hairstylists and makeup artists.
—Kenne Dibner, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Not just artists, but teachers, doctors, engineers, community leaders, representatives and mayors, cooks and hairstylists.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Benefit is gearing up the services component to its Ulta partnership, with hairstylists being trained to offer brow services, too.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Their parents worked as plumbers, police officers, pastors, hairstylists, or Amazon warehouse stockers.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The hotel also houses a hair salon by Vu Nguyen, staffed with expert hairstylists and makeup artists.
—Kenne Dibner, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Not just artists, but teachers, doctors, engineers, community leaders, representatives and mayors, cooks and hairstylists.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Benefit is gearing up the services component to its Ulta partnership, with hairstylists being trained to offer brow services, too.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairstylists
Noun
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The Must-Have Shirt in Silky Cotton Fashion stylists previously told me that Oxford shirts are a fall fashion must-have for creating more refined outfits.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Under the Hollywood studio system that had controlled the film industry since the late 1920s, in-house wardrobe departments typically served as both designers and stylists, dressing each studio’s stable of actors for premieres and parties.—
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unlike Clark Street or Southport Avenue, Broadway provides indispensable services — grocery stores, cleaners, hardware stores, barbers, medical and dental offices — while also hosting a diverse dining and grocery scene led by Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Afghani, Nigerian and Thai entrepreneurs.—
Patricia Sharkey,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some of the occupations included in the ranking are barbers, cosmetologists, funeral directors, piping contractors, and real estate appraisers.—
Adam A. Millsap,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Hairstylists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairstylists. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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