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manicure

[man-i-kyoor] / ˈmæn ɪˌkjʊər /
VERB
trim
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She touches up a manicure, rifles through her closet, blends a green juice.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

In Mytishchi, manicure salon owner Zhanna has recently had to move into a shared studio, unable to afford the rent on her own premises.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

"He's even had a manicure for the event so we know who the real star is," Pascal joked.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

"Our final, clear polish could be put over any manicure or even bare nails, which could help people with calluses on their fingertips, too. So, it has both a cosmetic and lifestyle benefit," explains Desai.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026

Belowdecks he found a gymnasium full of exercise apparatus, a children’s playroom, barbershops, a manicure shop, and a beauty salon.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

There, she says, manicures were so universal they felt like a uniform.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Groupon, best known for its deep discounts on local services from meals to manicures, is finding traction with a whole new audience thanks to its blind deals on vacations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Passengers can pay to get access to massages and manicures as well as chef-prepared meals while they wait to board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

This is challenging for users with long manicures or zombie fingers.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026

We’d watched a bunch of movies and talked nonstop about what seventh grade would be like, and Audrey had given me countless manicures.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

This city of manicured lawns has long been prized for its high-ranking schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Scully said the trust needed to be "more open to how we would adapt," with gardens potentially becoming "less manicured".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“I then noticed the decades-old Japanese maple trees—as if perfectly managed and manicured by nature. They were so different than anything I remembered from growing up in the city.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Unlike Wimbledon’s manicured restraint or the French Open’s Parisian chic, New York has long offered something more unruly, with night tennis, celebrity, noise and spectators willing to make themselves part of the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Wes got the hint, grabbed his bags, and carried them along the concrete walkways curving through manicured lawns that led to his dorm.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

The whacker whirred, manicuring a blanket of short-cropped grass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023

There’s an unreconcilable tension in a film that aims to celebrate the unpredictability of life while manicuring every last prop and casual aside for maximum resonance.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

That changed in 1932 when Revlon launched what we now know as nail polish and opened this aspect of manicuring to the masses.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2021

By the style of her hair, and by the manicuring of her eyebrows, we know that she is a figure of recent human history.

From The New Yorker ● May 14, 2019

He put the manicuring table in the front window and he plopped me right there and I worked in the window.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride


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