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Recent Examples of tress
Instead, her dirty blond tresses were loosely waved, which was the work of her longtime hairstylist Ken Paves, who famously works with Eva Longoria.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 July 2025
Next, grab a claw clip and twist your tresses around two to three times (depending on how thick your hair is), until the curls appear at the top and fall effortlessly.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 22 July 2025
Midway through the show, Cher ditched her icy hair backstage and stepped back out with her famous black tresses.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 14 July 2025
In more photos that surfaced Tuesday (July 7), Roan — now wearing an oversize suit but still sporting the absurd extensions in her tresses — shoots a sequence in which a taxi cab appears to drag her by the hair through the street.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 July 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 July 2025
Next, grab a claw clip and twist your tresses around two to three times (depending on how thick your hair is), until the curls appear at the top and fall effortlessly.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 22 July 2025
Midway through the show, Cher ditched her icy hair backstage and stepped back out with her famous black tresses.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 14 July 2025
In more photos that surfaced Tuesday (July 7), Roan — now wearing an oversize suit but still sporting the absurd extensions in her tresses — shoots a sequence in which a taxi cab appears to drag her by the hair through the street.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tress
Noun
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Need to get past an electronic door with a finger-print key lock?—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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Jared Spurgeon, Brock Faber and Zach Bogosian are locks for the roster on the right side of the defense, and Jake Middleton and Zeev Buium are on the left.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
8 July 2025
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But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.—
Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn,
New York Times,
13 June 2024
Noun
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In recent years, pop culture has brought perm hairstyles back to the conversation via those wanting a perm for specific trendy reasons.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, many Black women use chemical hair straightening kits, or perm kits, which have recently been linked to endometrial cancer incidence.—
Abigail Folberg,
The Conversation,
27 Aug. 2025
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These religious leaders are confronting a wave of violence.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The surge will be accompanied by large and damaging waves.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Tress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tress. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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