tress

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for tress
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Noun
  • Also, the child safety lock is a feature that parents (and pet parents) will enjoy.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The macaques were secured by three gates, each fastened by two sets of locks and latches.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • According to Ratanaruang, Miike even insisted on a specific hairstyle, the Punch Pama, a tight cropped perm popular amongst underworld elements in the 1970s.
    Marcus Lim, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Koko wears what appears to be a loose, curly perm with a wet finish.
    Jihan Forbes, Allure, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This wave of joy was seen online, where some claimed his victory as India’s own.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Yet today, rising geopolitical instability and a wave of economic nationalism threaten to disrupt the free flows of energy the system relies on — all at a moment when cheaper, cleaner alternatives are available.
    John Kerry, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Tress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tress. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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