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as in bare
lacking a usual or natural covering
trees that are bald in the winter aren't the best for giving a home year-round privacy
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2
as in simple
free from all additions or embellishment
try to avoid the bald statement "You're wrong!" when trying to reason with someone
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as in obvious
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
her angry neighbor's bald accusations of stealing his mail offended her
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Recent Examples of bald
Aguilera was described by police as a Latino man standing 5-foot-11, weighing 190 pounds, with brown eyes and a bald head.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
In some cases, autoimmune disorders like alopecia areata can trick your immune system into attacking healthy body tissue, leading to patchy bald spots.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 23 May 2025
Shaved her head, grappled with surgery scars and bald spots.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Officers spoke to a witness who said a bald Asian male got out of the driver’s seat and that his face and legs were bleeding.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
In some cases, autoimmune disorders like alopecia areata can trick your immune system into attacking healthy body tissue, leading to patchy bald spots.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 23 May 2025
Shaved her head, grappled with surgery scars and bald spots.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Officers spoke to a witness who said a bald Asian male got out of the driver’s seat and that his face and legs were bleeding.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bald
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No one has accused the Adidas Taekwondo of maximalism, but a new version from one of the brand’s longest-running collaborators is stripping down the sneaker to even more bare elements.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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Takes sun or shade, mowing or not, little water and feels great on bare feet.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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In his formal lecture to the Academy, Campbell offered some reflections on the simple science that gave rise to the treatment, and to its wide array of applications.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2025
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While to some these screen-free devices may seem like a return to the early, simpler days of fitness trackers, Werring says the public is a bit more savvy than the step-counting obsessives of the 2010s.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Lionsgate post-Starz spin-off would be the most obvious choice, without the weight of cable networks on both sides and with a host of still-viable Lionsgate franchises including John Wick, The Hunger Games and Saw.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Sending in the National Guard was an obvious military flex, designed to to bait Angelenos while perhaps distracting Americans from Trump’s far greater troubles.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The president’s embrace of Moscow and corresponding pivot away from Europe is pushing the continent to become more independent and leaving its people far more exposed.—
DMYTRO KULEBA,
Foreign Affairs,
30 May 2025
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The ensemble featured a strapless, sculpted black corset top with an exposed zipper.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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Simply, the naked eye is capable of spotting the colorful display from Earth if the weather conditions cooperate.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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The union was not designed for this kind of naked coercion, and the White House should not be surprised, then, when the blue state targets of Trump's abuse start thinking a little more carefully about their options.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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So, while Israel is flying the planes, the United States is sending an unmistakable message that its multi-decade strategic partnership with Israel is formidable in the face of threats from anti-American, anti-Western authoritarian regimes.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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An 'unmistakable' long-term trend In practice, investors want to keep their money in the market over decades, and many presidencies.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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Its impact on the modern environment is made plain when the geologist protagonist must flee terrible wildfires there.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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Spectators perceive tennis outfits as plain, boring, rigid or limited to a specific silhouette.—
Ruth Etiesit Samuel,
Essence,
2 June 2025
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When asked where Jean lived, Joseph gave an address that police later identified as Roseau’s, an apparent building on Snyder Ave.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
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This is bad enough, but what really concerns me is the apparent inability of the president and those advising him to consider the secondary or tertiary consequences of their decisions.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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“Bald.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bald. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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