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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 The eight coal-burning fireplaces are also still intact, as are several decorative natural-gas chandeliers in the formal parlors, bedrooms, and entry hall. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 2025 Skip the ice cream parlor and whip up these nostalgic desserts for your next backyard barbecue, picnic, or swimming pool get-together. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 14 July 2025 Reporters crossed the region to visit these fly-by-night gambling parlors. Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025 Who would've thought a chili parlor would dish out some crispy competition? Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parlor
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Noun
  • Here are suggestions for staying safe during a thunderstorm: To minimize risk of being struck by lightning, when going outside, have a plan to get to a safer place.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Stage 3 fire restrictions remained in place on San Carlos Apache tribal lands, which included no campfires, InciWeb said.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Murdock’s south Charlotte facility, which produces packaging and shipping materials, was one of the businesses Moore visited Friday.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The announcement took place at Core Scientific’s bitcoin mining facility in Dalton, Georgia, where Proto Rigs are already in use.
    Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Israeli security establishment opposes this land grab.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The 2002 plan, though opposed by Israel and sidestepped by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco through their establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel via the Abraham Accords, continues to serve broadly as the basis for the Arab League's position.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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