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Recent Examples of perm
Limit damaging hair treatments: Take a break from dying your hair, perms, or relaxing treatments.
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Carley Millhone, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
No more granny short hair perm style, love it.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Touted as a perm for your lashes, lash lifts are for the minimalist makeup girlies who want that lifted look sans all that extra effort of using mascara, a curler, and extensions.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
One day, my aunt took me to the hairdresser and gave me a curly perm as a birthday present.
—Charlotte Mensah, Essence, 24 Mar. 2025
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Carley Millhone, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
No more granny short hair perm style, love it.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Touted as a perm for your lashes, lash lifts are for the minimalist makeup girlies who want that lifted look sans all that extra effort of using mascara, a curler, and extensions.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
One day, my aunt took me to the hairdresser and gave me a curly perm as a birthday present.
—Charlotte Mensah, Essence, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perm
Noun
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But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.—
Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn,
New York Times,
13 June 2024
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There is always a temptation to make the temporary permanent, which is why the peace government must prioritize elections.—
Ashraf Ghani,
Foreign Affairs,
4 May 2021
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Meanwhile, her poodle-curly blonde hairdo and bedroom eyes handily evoke Julie Christie in Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the OG revisionist western and just the sort of touchstone this film needs to conjure in order make its intentions clear.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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Fresh newlywed Kristen Stewart is stepping out on the Croisette with a wardrobe of Chanel and a new hairdo.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 May 2025
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Julianne Moore just distilled every major hair trend of summer 2025 into one effortlessly chic haircut.—
Laura Solla,
Vogue,
24 May 2025
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Of even greater offense was Pattinson’s fluffy, Kennedy-esque haircut and — worse still — a patch of fur visible on his chest.—
Bruce Handy,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Sarah Jessica Parker parted ways with her staple hairstyle on Wednesday night to channel an early 2000s aesthetic that’s highly controversial in the beauty world.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Cut to a triumphant walk by Nan in a bright red dress with a bold hairstyle as guests turn heads.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The parade of state champions has done it with flair, both in their performance and their coiffure.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
17 May 2025
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The term hair-raising takes on new meaning as two performers contort their bodies high above the stage, connected only by their coiffures.—
Karen D'Souza,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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On the way to the conk pad, Mike runs over the f–ing show!—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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That’s what the slick dude with the conk and the blue Pontiac says to Elwood, who is hitching a ride to get to college.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2024
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“Perm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perm. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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