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
  • Brandon Elliott, aka Mullet Review, who's known around the Queen City for his mom-and-pop restaurant reviews, goofy T-shirts, and glorious blond locks, recently won the 2025 USA Adult Mullet Championship.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The series is currently in edit lock, with Jonnydeponny using Mipcom as its first proper introduction to the market.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Oct. 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
  • Visitors who might have expected a history of perms and dyes instead discovered 3,000 intricate works of art, built up over generations.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • That appetite is driving a wave of cafe and restaurant openings, as young Saudis with higher disposable incomes and fewer social restrictions flock to public spaces where gender mixing was prohibited just five years ago.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Get the phones out — timed to the release of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 50 Hottest Influencers on the Planet list, THR hosted its Creators A-List Dinner on Wednesday to celebrate the viral stars making waves both online and in the real world.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Tress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tress. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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