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Recent Examples of toupee
From toupees to facial hair, and fake teeth to different glasses, Sietsema has taken on the form of many, including as an undercover dishwasher to explore restaurants.
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Chloe Farnsworth,
Twin Cities,
10 Nov. 2025
These things are — according to Torres’s theories — navy blue, and the threat of that color’s oppressive manifestations lurks in the show like an under-the-bed monster wearing a toupee and a bad suit.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Robert Greenberg, a former hairstylist who tried to get rich off of everything from mail-order toupees to roller skates, founded the company with his son Michael in 1992 and the family still owns a 12% stake.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
Mount Baldy is going on a diet and getting a vegetation toupee to become more presentable.
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Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Dec. 2024
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Chloe Farnsworth,
Twin Cities,
10 Nov. 2025
These things are — according to Torres’s theories — navy blue, and the threat of that color’s oppressive manifestations lurks in the show like an under-the-bed monster wearing a toupee and a bad suit.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Robert Greenberg, a former hairstylist who tried to get rich off of everything from mail-order toupees to roller skates, founded the company with his son Michael in 1992 and the family still owns a 12% stake.
—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
Mount Baldy is going on a diet and getting a vegetation toupee to become more presentable.
—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toupee
wig
Noun
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The head drummer of the colonial fife and drum band was a Black man in a Revolutionary War costume, his dreadlocks peeking from under a powdered wig.
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Button Gwinnett didn’t want to be in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in the summer of 1776, and not just because a heat wave gripped the city and delegates dressed in wool and powdered wigs.
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“Toupee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toupee. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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