salons

plural of salon
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as in museums
a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art

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as in places
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business a hair salon

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Recent Examples of salons The owner modeled her brick-and-mortar after the great boutiques and salons of Paris, catching the attention of shoppers such as Blake Lively and Dita Von Teese along the way. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024 Small businesses, such as hairdressers and nail salons, simply cannot survive without workers because their jobs cannot be automated. Rohit Arora, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 Intellectual salons aim to serve as facilitators, creating the conditions that increase the likelihood of these critical encounters. Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Beyond individual talents, salons can bring together entire organizations that need help expanding their reach and securing funding. Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 The contemporary guests at these salons include influential business leaders, visionary entrepreneurs, founders of technology projects in IT, art and science as well as investors, nonprofit leaders and institutional representatives. Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Bedraggled young men in sneakers and mismatched fatigues wander wide-eyed through the opulent salons of the former tyrant’s palace, astonished at the heaping fruits of decades of plunder. David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024 The Braid, which for 17 years has featured Jewish stories through salons, play readings and more, now has a physical home on Ocean Boulevard in Santa Monica. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024 Despite initially promising a more moderate rule, the group barred women from higher education, public spaces like parks and most jobs, and shut down hair and beauty salons across the country after deeming them un-Islamic. Marc Smith, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Noun
  • If museums can’t be trusted to tell our stories, who can?
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Signs of a downturn are also evident at museums and galleries.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Signs of a downturn are also evident at museums and galleries.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Traditional investment firms will scramble to build tokenization platforms, while real estate companies and art galleries tokenize their assets to attract global investors.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In addition to airborne threats, communities neighboring plastics and petrochemical facilities are also subject to a disproportionate amount of water pollution, according to a recent report from a nonprofit environmental watchdog group.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Operating from advanced facilities in Indianapolis and Stuttgart, Ganassi's partnerships include prestigious collaborations with Honda and General Motors among others.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Presumably, there are a few new establishments worth visiting.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • While many companies, such as Chick-fil-A and Target, will close for Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day, other establishments plan to open their doors.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Salons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salons. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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