as in place
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 Set almost entirely within a beauty parlor, the story complicates when Victoria must care for a neighbor’s sacrificial rooster intended for a church offering. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 June 2025 In 2016, Batchelor purchased a block of three buildings, the de facto hub of Sperryville, which was then a no-fills pizza parlor, a general store, and a grill-style restaurant. Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 13 July 2025 That could mean higher prices for Americans at the grocery store, at the pizza parlor — anywhere that uses tomatoes. Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 July 2025 An old scam that is still being used effectively by scammers involves a flyer under the door to your hotel room that purportedly is an advertisement for a local pizza parlor. Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parlor
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Noun
  • Barricades will be put in place on the closed streets and will be monitored.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The Journey From the moment the journey began, the experience was grounded in a meaningful sense of place.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • That pressure caused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to halt the shipments and dispose of the waste at facilities outside Michigan.
    Sophia Valchine, Freep.com, 24 July 2025
  • The overhaul includes a new telecommunications network and potential consolidation of air traffic control facilities.
    Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Two hundred and fifty former officers in the intelligence establishment, including three ex-chiefs of Mossad, signed an open letter of protest.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • Mamdani won the primary by 13 points in an upset victory that took the political establishment and wealthy donor class largely by surprise.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025

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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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