parlors

plural of parlor
as in places
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 parlors The need for an ornate space has expanded outside of living rooms to dozens of mahjong parlors throughout the country. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 Ship Bottom is another buzzy base with plenty to keep travelers entertained—from mini-golf and arcades to surf shops and ice cream parlors—and a sandy shoreline to stretch out. — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026 Willett, who had never seen a dead body before except for those prettied up in funeral parlors, takes a quick glimpse, then turns his pale-blue eyes away. — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 The company sells its ice cream to retailers across the country and operates a chain of ice cream parlors in more than a dozen states. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 Kids can come up with anything from pretend pizza parlors to make-believe malls. — Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Aug. 2026 Thirty-five square blocks of hotels, law offices, theaters, and beauty parlors built entirely through referrals, introductions, and relationships passed between people who trusted each other. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Soft serve is a particular strength here, and devotees know to ask for the coffee–black raspberry twist, a Massachusetts oddity found at only a handful of parlors around the state. — Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 City officials ordered ice-cream parlors to stop making ice cream in order to conserve the district’s ice supplies. — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
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Noun
  • There were places in the UK that banned it, councils that refused to allow it to be played.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Expanding the use of climate-friendly geothermal energy near places such as the Salton Sea and Sonoma and Modoc counties.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Doubts in facilities management Now, CDE employees say their concerns extend beyond bedbugs to how their headquarters are maintained overall.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The service is intended to provide a more streamlined travel experience, including access to private terminals rather than crowded commercial airport facilities.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The area might feel a bit buttoned-up and corporate for vacationers, but those in Abu Dhabi for work will be within a stone's throw of some of the city's best power-lunch and expense-account-dinner establishments.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, some long-standing Oxford establishments were praised by sources for aggressive vetting.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Parlors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlors. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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