as in hairdo
a style or arrangement of hair
he hopes the new haircut will make him look more mature for the job interview
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Recent Examples of haircut
The secret—to really any good haircut—Appleton continues, is to never hide your cheeks and cheekbones.
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Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
The most common culprits include chemical treatments and exposure (think blow-drying, heat-styling, perming, keratin treatments, bleaching, and all types of hair coloring), drying or stripping hair products, and infrequent haircuts.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026
Anthropic is awash in money—new clothes, haircuts, facial styles, sports cars.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Salons benefit from selling haircare products because, unlike services such as haircuts and highlights, doing so doesn’t carry the same time costs, giving them strong margins on product sales.
—Kelley Swing, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
The most common culprits include chemical treatments and exposure (think blow-drying, heat-styling, perming, keratin treatments, bleaching, and all types of hair coloring), drying or stripping hair products, and infrequent haircuts.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026
Anthropic is awash in money—new clothes, haircuts, facial styles, sports cars.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Salons benefit from selling haircare products because, unlike services such as haircuts and highlights, doing so doesn’t carry the same time costs, giving them strong margins on product sales.
—Kelley Swing, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haircut
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One passage depicts the Bonnie-and-Clyde-like notoriety of Frank and the Bride, leading ordinary women to adopt her wild hairdo and goth makeup (including what are evidently meant to be burns on her mouth and tongue from all that electricity).—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rosamund Pike is switching up her signature hairdo for her latest film.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
9 Mar. 2026
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She is then seen taking the stage donning her famous blond, banged hairstyle.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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Watch the 'Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special' trailer In the trailer, Cyrus, with her hair in Hannah Montana's iconic blonde hairstyle, could be seen driving to the studio lot.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Maria Antonia, wearing her long brown hair in a ponytail, didn’t hesitate.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Before Trucks brought out Tiger onstage, he was spotted at the auction on that rainy Thursday afternoon (six feet tall with a long blonde ponytail at the nape of his neck, the 46-year-old guitar prodigy is hard to miss).—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2026
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Kendall Jenner’s blonde coiffure owes something to Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
11 Feb. 2026
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Ideal for anyone with a bob, the style allows the hair to be shaped into a romantic coiffure with shorter layers becoming part of an ornamental bun. Make-up artist Nina Park complemented the hair look with a delicate helping of blusher over the star’s cheeks and down the bridge of her nose.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
22 Oct. 2025
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The new sculpture, Ethereal Bliss, is 23 feet high and 16 feet deep, weighs a little less than 10,000 pounds, is made entirely of steel, and is a combination of welding and 300 laser point cuts.—
Brian Sherrod,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Interest accelerated in the 1990s, when NASA scientists experimenting with using red LEDs to grow plants in space noticed that small cuts on their hands healed unusually quickly under the lights.—
Lynne Peeples,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Haircut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haircut. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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