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: a swelling or protuberance like a pimple
-er/-est
: covered with pimples : pimpled
a pimply face
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Noun
a painful pimple on his back
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Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 1 June 2026
Thabi Hlela of African Alabaster Botanical Skincare uses marula and shea butter in formulations that have cleared pimples and reversed early aging signs in customers who had tried pharmaceutical alternatives.
—Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Pair them with a benzoyl peroxide face wash and pimple-friendly moisturizer to speed up healing.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 26 May 2026
Baker’s Stanford is a strong candidate, and his book follows in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker, but with more pimples and less eye contact.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
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After debuting at Coachella as an off-grounds festival experience and content playground replete with a claw machine, balloon darts, mini burgers and colorful popsicles in promotion of the brand’s Spotwear pimple patches, Rhode World will travel throughout North America and Europe this summer.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 1 June 2026
Thabi Hlela of African Alabaster Botanical Skincare uses marula and shea butter in formulations that have cleared pimples and reversed early aging signs in customers who had tried pharmaceutical alternatives.
—Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Pair them with a benzoyl peroxide face wash and pimple-friendly moisturizer to speed up healing.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 26 May 2026
Baker’s Stanford is a strong candidate, and his book follows in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker, but with more pimples and less eye contact.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
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“Pimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pimple. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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