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salon

[suh-lon, sa-lawn] / səˈlɒn, saˈlɔ̃ /


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“Instead of supporting and bolstering her as a creative in their midst, she became their salon host,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

In 1989, Parton returned to the big screen in Herbert Ross’ “Steel Magnolias,” in which her straight-talking small-town salon owner, Truvy Jones, was the firm-hold hairspray uniting an unforgettable array of Southern belles.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Clark and Capocefalo attended the 2011 Digital-Life-Design conference in Munich, a tech, media, science and arts salon that executives often stop by on their way to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Showcasing personality in sport through nail design is by no means limited to athletics, with competitors ranging from gymnasts to footballers getting into the salon.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Sizwe then dragged me back to the first salon, and the woman agreed to cornrow my hair.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

"The first salon opened in New York City was owned by a woman, and she was a remarkably independent one... a lot of the first entrepreneurs offering product lines, opening salons were women."

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The corridor is lined with small businesses: neighborhood markets as well as nail salons, repair shops, sign makers and restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

At the same time, injectable treatments have become increasingly widely available and are often offered from beauty salons - which can make them appear similar to routine beauty services, according to Collins.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

There he paced the salons and galleries of the newest neoclassical townhouses, there he studied the remains of classical antiquity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

One of the things that people remember about Weis- berg’s Friday night salons back in the 1950s was that they were always, effortlessly, racially integrated.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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