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a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme

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Recent Examples of parlor Photo : Eugenia Gangi The entrance hallway flows to a fireside parlor. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025 Some have been led to violence like the man who shot up a pizza parlor in Washington DC looking for victims of child trafficking in the basement. Rochelle Eastman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 The trend is inspired by European parlors and their masterful mix of antiques. Kanika Talwar, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025 After Neal’s body was turned over to a funeral parlor, staff noticed that Neal had been stabbed multiple times, according to authorities. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parlor
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  • In court on Monday, Nicholas pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, possession of a knife blade in a public place, purchasing or acquiring a shotgun without a certificate and possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • What measures are in place to prevent misidentification of genetic materials?
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • More than 90% of the roads and more than 80% of health facilities have been damaged or destroyed.
    Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The National Institutes of Health is the world’s largest funder of biomedical research, and these indirect costs provide support for the operation and maintenance of lab facilities.
    Chris Impey, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
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  • The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually, with 97% of establishments passing, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This was the common idea behind Harry Truman’s Marshall Plan for postwar Europe, Kennedy’s establishment of USAID, Jimmy Carter’s creation of the U.S. refugee program, and George W. Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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