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Recent Examples of bun
The Hot Ones Sriracha Curly Fry Burger features a jumbo beef patty topped with curly fries, jalapeños, American cheese, and Hot Ones Sriracha sauce served on a buttery bakery bun.
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Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Chicken and pickle sandwich with whole grain bun, wedge potatoes, beans, Mandarin oranges, milk.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
At Out West in West Philly, don’t miss the lamb sausage stacked with over-medium egg, cheese, and strawberry harissa jam sandwiched in a potato bun.
—Regan Stephens, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
The actress wore her hair in a slick back bun and opted for a natural makeup look with pink lipstick.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
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Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Chicken and pickle sandwich with whole grain bun, wedge potatoes, beans, Mandarin oranges, milk.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
At Out West in West Philly, don’t miss the lamb sausage stacked with over-medium egg, cheese, and strawberry harissa jam sandwiched in a potato bun.
—Regan Stephens, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
The actress wore her hair in a slick back bun and opted for a natural makeup look with pink lipstick.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bun
Noun
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The actress styled her new blonde hair in an elegant chignon on the set of her show Off Weeks.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
21 May 2026
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Long hair will only give a classic chignon even more room to run.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
Noun
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When Kendal Sager lifts the top of her beehive, tens of thousands of bees waggle across the honeycomb — their cells filled with bright yellow, orange and pink pollen collected from flowers in Sager's neighborhood.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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Sosie says, 'Dad, hey, there's a beehive.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The actress's blonde hair was styled in an updo.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
22 May 2026
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Her take on the updo was light and flowy, with long pieces of her golden-blonde hair framing her face.—
Mykenna Maniece,
Vogue,
20 May 2026
Noun
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On March 2—one day before debuting her new pageboy bob at Paris Fashion Week—Hadid made her grand entrance in a pair of straight-leg jeans that stop well above the ankle, showing off much of her beige crew sock and the entire tongue of her black loafers.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2026
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The movie begins in 1989, when Martin was just out of her teens and fighting in Toughwoman contests, and spans 22 years, providing all sorts of opportunities for ungainly period hairstyles, from a ragged pageboy to a curly mullet to a frizzy shag.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Sleepy pugs and a return Rinker’s family stayed in a Huntington Beach hotel room with one bed.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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More specifically, Wellhouse brings in the boxy, pug-nosed Wake micro-van produced by Daihatsu between 2014 and 2022 and also badged as the Toyota Pixis Mega.—
C.C. Weiss
May 26,
New Atlas,
26 May 2026
Noun
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While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
8 July 2025
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But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.—
Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn,
New York Times,
13 June 2024
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Randall got her first perm at seven years old and consistently relaxed her hair for nearly five decades.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
29 May 2026
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This time, my eyes slid to the fresh silver polish on her fingernails, her cascading perm thick but without any undergrowth, and those eyes darting from me to the cop, glistening as if on the verge of pouring.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Way back in the decade of big hair and (even bigger) shoulder pads, Minogue’s showbiz story didn’t actually start with music.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
29 May 2026
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The next scene will be set on Halloween in the 1980s, with big hair and bold fashion.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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“Bun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bun. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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