How to Use tanning bed in a Sentence

tanning bed

noun
  • People would go to the tanning bed for sure.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The only way to prevent a tanning bed rash completely is to avoid tanning beds.
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • At the very least, more regulation around any kind of tanning bed use, or better yet, a total ban.
    — Lucy Abbersteen, Refinery29, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Fair enough, but should these shows still try to be for everyone, or is that as antiquated as the tanning bed?
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Use self-tanners instead of tanning outside or using a tanning bed.
    — Alex Vance, Parents, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Many of us have given up the tanning bed habit, but that doesn’t mean tanning beds are a thing of the past; people still tan despite knowing the (many, many) risks.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The study analyzed thousands of medical records, comparing melanoma rates in tanning bed users versus non-users.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Using a tanning bed before age 35 can raise melanoma risk by about 75%, Tassavor noted.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • But this new research suggests that tanning bed usage actually triples the risk of skin cancer—a 200 percent increase.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But this latest research found that tanning bed usage actually triples the risk of skin cancer—that's a 200 percent increase.
    — Tori Crowther, Allure, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Creators on social media are showing off their dramatic tan lines and outdoor set-ups — some even forgoing sun protection or adding tanning bed sessions.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Researchers found that tanning bed users were nearly three times as likely to develop melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — compared to people who'd never tanned indoors.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The new research looked at thousands of medical records to compare melanoma rates in people who used tanning beds and those who did not, and found nearly a threefold increase in the risk of melanoma among tanning bed users.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Tanning in the sun, of course, still presents skin cancer risk, but the study findings show that there’s a significant difference between the effects natural sunlight and the artificial light of a tanning bed.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Before then, it was thought that indoor tanners were about 75% percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, and that just one session in a tanning bed could increase the risk by 20 percent.
    — Tori Crowther, Allure, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Before now, the belief was that indoor tanners were 74 percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, and that just one session in a tanning bed could increase the risk by 20 percent.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The study also noted that tanning bed users were more likely to develop melanoma in places that aren’t typically impacted by everyday sun exposure, like the buttocks and lower back, because most tanning bed users tan naked or in their underwear.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Then, for a control cohort, the researchers randomly selected 2,925 people from the 24,841 patients with no history of tanning bed usage.
    — New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Things take a turn for the whimsical when, with the help of some lightning — and later, Taffy’s tanning bed — Lisa finds a companion in an undead, Victorian-era Cole Sprouse, a hopeless romantic who communicates exclusively in grunts, and whose devotion to Lisa knows no bounds.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers looked at the medical records of 32,315 patients seen by the Dermatology service at Northwestern University, with 7,474 of these individuals having reported tanning bed usage.
    — New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2025

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