1
: a long lock of hair
especially
: the long unbound hair of a woman
—usually used in plural
2
archaic
: a plait of hair : braid
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Wearing her dirty blond tresses straightened, Sweeney’s makeup featured beige eyeshadow and burgundy lip liner.
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 8 Sep. 2024
Her tresses were straightened with a middle part, bringing all the attention to her show-stopping dress.
—Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Stylist Enrique Melendez dressed Ortega for the occasion, while hairdresser Bobby Eliot styled her dark tresses straightened.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 Aug. 2024
Flash forward to today, and the 84-year-old singer has let her once-dark tresses go luxuriantly silver.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 8 Sep. 2024
Her tresses were straightened with a middle part, bringing all the attention to her show-stopping dress.
—Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Stylist Enrique Melendez dressed Ortega for the occasion, while hairdresser Bobby Eliot styled her dark tresses straightened.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 Aug. 2024
Flash forward to today, and the 84-year-old singer has let her once-dark tresses go luxuriantly silver.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Tress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tress. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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tress
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: a long lock of hair
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