perm

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Recent Examples of perm 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 Limit damaging hair treatments: Take a break from dying your hair, perms, or relaxing treatments. 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 See All Example Sentences for perm
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Noun
  • While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The artist also styled her hair up in an intricate hairdo consisting of several large knots, which transformed into a long ponytail.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 5 May 2025
  • The next year, Stone shocked thrilled attendees at the Grammy Awards by taking the stage, resplendent in a huge blond mohawk hairdo, as his band roared through a number of hits during the show's salute to the seminal group.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • Rory McIlroy shares the story behind his new haircut with @Amanda_Balionis 😂 pic.twitter.com/17th71WeaF — Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) July 12, 2025 The five-time major winner took the opportunity to give a hint about the upcoming event that lives rent-free in his thoughts.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • The Saja Boys are memorable creations of their own, an over-the-top collection of shaggy haircuts, dewy faces, and bright streetwear that instantly invokes the heartthrobs of BTS or Stray Kids.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Just ask Rihanna, who took her two sons, RZA and Riot, along as her dates for the premiere of her movie Smurfs—and wore the ideal hairstyle for posing for pics and hanging with her kids.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 July 2025
  • The song’s accompanying video gave further exposure to the group, who became recognized for their look, particularly Score’s distinctive and unforgettable hairstyle.
    David Chiu, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The parade of state champions has done it with flair, both in their performance and their coiffure.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • On the way to the conk pad, Mike runs over the f–ing show!
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • 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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