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Recent Examples of cornrow
Braids themselves are not a monolith—as the red carpet styling exhibits, styles range from cornrows and knotless braids to more sculptural wonders—chosen with care to support the occasion or look.
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 May 2025
Styling tips to minimize damage to your hair include:
Avoid continuously wearing hairstyles such as tight ponytails, hair extensions, braids, and cornrows, which cause tension and could lead to hair loss.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
During the stream, which has since been deleted and re-uploaded by fans, Kiss of Life wore oversized chains, snapback hats, cornrows and large hoop earrings.
—Jack Irvin, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Thompson and Murphy wore matching beige jumpsuits, with Thompson wearing a durag and Murphy with half-finished cornrows.
—Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2025
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 May 2025
Styling tips to minimize damage to your hair include:
Avoid continuously wearing hairstyles such as tight ponytails, hair extensions, braids, and cornrows, which cause tension and could lead to hair loss.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
During the stream, which has since been deleted and re-uploaded by fans, Kiss of Life wore oversized chains, snapback hats, cornrows and large hoop earrings.
—Jack Irvin, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Thompson and Murphy wore matching beige jumpsuits, with Thompson wearing a durag and Murphy with half-finished cornrows.
—Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornrow
Noun
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The snippet shows Cassie wearing pigtails, white briefs and sheer, babydoll-style lingerie while sucking on a pacifier.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Like the original from 1986, this Molly doll features gray eyes, brown hair with bangs, and two pigtail braids tied with red bows.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In Virginia, another 50 GW of data center projects sit active in the queue.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Mystery on the Backlot experience bogged down as fans waited in massive queues for the Big Reveal finale that seemed to happen every 20 to 30 minutes.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images The modern era of cheating in chess began on a Thursday in July 1993, when a man with shoulder-length dreadlocks walked into the World Open tournament in Philadelphia and registered as John von Neumann.—
Kit Chellel,
Wired News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Riq Woolen’s goggles fit awkwardly on his head because of the dreadlocks.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Cornrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornrow. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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