as in place
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 rich and creamy ice cream is sold in pints nationwide, in stores and at other ice cream parlors across Minnesota. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025 According to the records, the farm includes a 32,500-square-foot milking parlor, along with two free-stall barns—one built in 2017 spanning more than 450,000 square feet and another completed last year covering over 100,000 square feet. Jesus Mesa gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 With so many dignitaries visiting, the White House is having to make use of sitting parlors that are not typically used as offices such as the Red Room and Blue Room. Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025 The parlor-floor designation turned out to be the second floor since the agent arbitrarily lowered every one of the building’s floors by one level. Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parlor
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Noun
  • Following a little lightning, and a 64-minute delay, their defense continually came up with stops and handed the ball to the strength of this team, the place where all of the money and resources went.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Jennifer Hudson, who competed on American Idol in its third season but came in seventh place, stepped in to take her place as a judge while she was gone.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For example, the value of the Dallas Cowboys excludes The Star, the team's 91-acre headquarters, practice facility and commercial real estate.
    Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The company is now developing ACT 3, a large-scale facility expected to recover battery minerals from up to 24,000 vehicles each year.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If the marathons of New York and London showcase splendour and establishment and magnificence and size and place, then the Great North Run offers something else; to complete it, to witness it, is to understand its pull.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Three Arlington restaurants were temporarily closed and another establishment failed after inspectors found roaches and unsanitary conditions during the August 17-30 health inspections, according to data from the city and compiled by the Star-Telegram.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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