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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
Located in the Marais, a few blocks from the Seine, the name nods not to Cardinal Mazarin himself but to the literary salons of his era, when the great thinkers, performers, and artists of 17th-century Paris gathered in lavish settings.
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Lindsey Tramuta, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
All students will be granted access to facilities and workshops staged at the L’Oréal Italia Academy and, as part of the partnership with the company’s professional division, will get directly in contact with the firm’s network and its salons.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2026
Medical groups representing doctors and patients were dismayed at the agency's decision to back away from tougher regulation of the devices, which are available at tanning salons and some major gym chains.
—Will Stone, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
The American Suntanning Association, which represents tanning salons, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
By that summer, the impact was hitting salons, too.
—Essence, 16 Mar. 2026
Krauss has said his interactions with Epstein usually involved scientific meetings or salons with interesting speakers.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
The company has a range of products, sold directly to consumers and to professional salons, that use a bond-building technology to strengthen and restore hair.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
The grants of up to $25,000 went to owners of child care centers, bakeries, bookshops, dance studios and salons damaged by the Eaton fire, which devastated the community of Altadena.
—Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
Lindsey Tramuta, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
All students will be granted access to facilities and workshops staged at the L’Oréal Italia Academy and, as part of the partnership with the company’s professional division, will get directly in contact with the firm’s network and its salons.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2026
Medical groups representing doctors and patients were dismayed at the agency's decision to back away from tougher regulation of the devices, which are available at tanning salons and some major gym chains.
—Will Stone, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
The American Suntanning Association, which represents tanning salons, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
By that summer, the impact was hitting salons, too.
—Essence, 16 Mar. 2026
Krauss has said his interactions with Epstein usually involved scientific meetings or salons with interesting speakers.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
The company has a range of products, sold directly to consumers and to professional salons, that use a bond-building technology to strengthen and restore hair.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
The grants of up to $25,000 went to owners of child care centers, bakeries, bookshops, dance studios and salons damaged by the Eaton fire, which devastated the community of Altadena.
—Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salons
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The Charlotte exhibition will work in tandem to promote other sites and museums highlighting the Carolinas’ role in the Revolutionary War.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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The average amount of time that people spend looking at artwork in museums is 28 seconds.—
Keith Wagstaff,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Travel In Style What to pack, where to shop, and all the chic places to eat, stay, and explore in the world's most fashionable destinations.—
InStyle,
InStyle,
10 Apr. 2026
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See below for a full list of their gear with options for the best and cheapest places to buy them.—
Jase Parnell-Brookes,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Founded in Toronto in 1995 by the late Sonja Bata (wife of Czech shoemaker Thomas Bata), the museum encompasses 4,500 years of footwear history in four rotating galleries.—
Jane Levere,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
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Some galleries reported day-one sales into the six figures.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Service’s regional headquarters will vanish, along with most of its research facilities and experimental forests—and also quite likely the sense of mission that has animated the agency for more than a century.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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Instead of using explosives, most attacks used carbon fiber bombs that incapacitated the facilities instead of destroying them.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and grocery stores are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2026
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Salons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salons. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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