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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 Chinese promotion venue will host matchmaking sessions organized by category – films, drama series, and microdramas – alongside international industry salons and cultural tourism route promotions.
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Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
20 June 2026
The murder was the only subject of conversation in barber shops and beauty salons, in diners and bars.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 June 2026
From the 60-plus-car field to many fan zones, bars, restaurants, shops, miles of camp sites, viewing spots, the drivers parade in the city — even complimentary hair salons.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
After nearly a decade working in some of the city’s most respected salons including Serge Mormant and Jenna Perry, the lovely (and extremely stylish) Jordan Luger is now located at Franklin’s, the buzzy new salon that’s just opened in Tribeca.
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Natalie Cantell,
InStyle,
15 June 2026
Habermas also lavishes attention on coffeehouses, reading clubs, salons, and other in-between places where new ideas were taking shape.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Neill Corporation was founded by president and chief executive officer Edwin Neill’s grandparents as a multiline hair care distributor in the late 1940s, and was the first company to invest in business education for salons.
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Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Palatial splendor merges with chalet coziness, particularly in the raclette and charcuterie-heavy Le Coin Savoyard restaurant (one of three in the hotel and four off-site) and in the salons, where sofas and traditional rugs are illuminated by chandeliers and dim sconces.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
In recent days, families from around the region were flocking to Dubai’s malls for the Eid al-Adha break, while beauty salons have reportedly seen a constant flow of Russian women coming for a glamorous getaway.
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Melanie Swan,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
20 June 2026
The murder was the only subject of conversation in barber shops and beauty salons, in diners and bars.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 June 2026
From the 60-plus-car field to many fan zones, bars, restaurants, shops, miles of camp sites, viewing spots, the drivers parade in the city — even complimentary hair salons.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
After nearly a decade working in some of the city’s most respected salons including Serge Mormant and Jenna Perry, the lovely (and extremely stylish) Jordan Luger is now located at Franklin’s, the buzzy new salon that’s just opened in Tribeca.
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Natalie Cantell,
InStyle,
15 June 2026
Habermas also lavishes attention on coffeehouses, reading clubs, salons, and other in-between places where new ideas were taking shape.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Neill Corporation was founded by president and chief executive officer Edwin Neill’s grandparents as a multiline hair care distributor in the late 1940s, and was the first company to invest in business education for salons.
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Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Palatial splendor merges with chalet coziness, particularly in the raclette and charcuterie-heavy Le Coin Savoyard restaurant (one of three in the hotel and four off-site) and in the salons, where sofas and traditional rugs are illuminated by chandeliers and dim sconces.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
In recent days, families from around the region were flocking to Dubai’s malls for the Eid al-Adha break, while beauty salons have reportedly seen a constant flow of Russian women coming for a glamorous getaway.
—
Melanie Swan,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salons
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Our arts and cultural organizations — festivals, theaters, museums, live music — generate nearly $300 million in economic activity each year and draw nearly a quarter of their audiences from outside the county.
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This summer through fall, three museums across the city—the USC Fisher Museum of Art, the Getty Research Institute, and LACMA—will have exhibits dedicated to Williams.
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Terrell Carstens, a 25-year resident of Brookhaven, said she is frustrated the city made little effort to find places to cut costs instead of raising the rate.
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Reception is no longer the decorative annex to proper criticism, but one of the places where criticism has to begin.
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That the galleries at TPC River Highlands were five-deep early in Scottie Scheffler’s second round of the Travelers Championship on Friday isn’t exactly shocking.
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Texas galleries will be out in force, with seventeen galleries from around the state taking part, among them Martha’s, from Austin; Nature of Things, from Dallas; and Laura, Mitochondria Gallery, and Seven Sisters, all from Houston.
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The University of Pittsburgh’s record-setting growth is reshaping both its campus and Oakland, as the university leans into a long-term expansion plan that adds student beds, new facilities and economic heft to one of Pennsylvania’s busiest urban districts.
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Renting out parking lots, auditoriums and other school facilities often involves coming in on weekends and troubleshooting issues with vendors throughout the week, the North Side principal said.
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The city of Arlington also provides establishments with inspection score certificates, which assign a letter grade — A, B, C or F — to help customers see the results of the latest health inspection.
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In addition to fast-food tastes and trends, the YouGov report analyzed consumers' views of casual-dining and specialty-dining establishments and offered a profile of weekly fast-food diners.
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“Salons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salons. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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