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Recent Examples of curly
Plus, van Ness explains that the product doesn’t have to be used for heat styling alone—curly or textured hair can simply scrunch it in to help smooth unwanted frizz too.
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
There are now whole product lines dedicated just to curly hair types.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Hansard is wearing a black mock turtleneck sweater, his once red curly hair and beard now a soft white.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
Patel’s illustrations in soft browns and pinkish oranges are appealing, as is Avni, a brown girl with dark, curly hair.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
There are now whole product lines dedicated just to curly hair types.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Hansard is wearing a black mock turtleneck sweater, his once red curly hair and beard now a soft white.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
Patel’s illustrations in soft browns and pinkish oranges are appealing, as is Avni, a brown girl with dark, curly hair.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curly
Adjective
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Assistants can nick head-to-toe Chanel looks from the fashion closet without anyone batting a Shu Uemura–curled eyelash.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2026
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Look for curled edges, bare spots where granules have worn away and any flashing that looks lifted or bent.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The blade was at least ten inches long and double-edged, honed on one side with a wavy scalloped finish, the other a jagged toothing like a lumberjack’s saw.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Bernard lives next to the project site and has documented multiple desert tortoises on and around her property — including Squiggles, who was given the nickname for leaving wavy tracks in the sand.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Curly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curly. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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