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Recent Examples of curly
In the brief clip, a curly-haired dog being looked after while her owners are away is shown waiting patiently as her ears are gently tied back with a scrunchie before dinner.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
It’s best suited for wavy to curly hair types (roughly 2A to 3B), especially those that want more definition and smoothness without the stiffness that some gels leave behind.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
The two most common parsley varieties are flat leaf or Italian, growing up to three feet tall, and curly leaf, which reaches about one foot in height.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
And when the hydration from masks, oils, and butters isn’t cutting it, there’s steaming, something curly hair girls already know very well, says Kiana Rae Brown, a curly hair specialist and owner of West Coast Curls Salon in Los Angeles.
—Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
It’s best suited for wavy to curly hair types (roughly 2A to 3B), especially those that want more definition and smoothness without the stiffness that some gels leave behind.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
The two most common parsley varieties are flat leaf or Italian, growing up to three feet tall, and curly leaf, which reaches about one foot in height.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
And when the hydration from masks, oils, and butters isn’t cutting it, there’s steaming, something curly hair girls already know very well, says Kiana Rae Brown, a curly hair specialist and owner of West Coast Curls Salon in Los Angeles.
—Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curly
wavy
Adjective
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The 67-year-old singer arrived at the Saint Laurent spring 2026 show outside the Eiffel Tower on Monday night during Paris Fashion Week, her wavy blond hair loosely trapped under the collar of her leather top, curls snaking around the edges of her face, pooling just below her collarbone.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Bear star wore her hair in a wavy bob.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Curly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curly. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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