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Recent Examples of frizzy
Hydrolyzed baobab helps strengthen, while jojoba esters condition for silky slip that keeps frizzy hair at bay.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 10 Sep. 2025
Wearing a T-shirt, flannel and jeans, his frizzy hair poking from under the back and sides of a train-conductor cap, Young resembled his late-middle-aged self save for a noticeably paunchier belly, whiter sideburns and craggier face.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Alex Karp, the frizzy-haired CEO of defense software company Palantir, has become somewhat of a pro at deflecting criticism.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
This look doubles as an easy hack to handle frizzy humid hair.
—Kelsey Glennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2025
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 10 Sep. 2025
Wearing a T-shirt, flannel and jeans, his frizzy hair poking from under the back and sides of a train-conductor cap, Young resembled his late-middle-aged self save for a noticeably paunchier belly, whiter sideburns and craggier face.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Alex Karp, the frizzy-haired CEO of defense software company Palantir, has become somewhat of a pro at deflecting criticism.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
This look doubles as an easy hack to handle frizzy humid hair.
—Kelsey Glennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frizzy
Adjective
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Many are created in order to address a concern (dandruff, breakage, brittleness) or to work most effectively for a specific hair type (4C curls, wavy hair, gray hair).—
Michelle Rostamian,
Allure,
27 Feb. 2026
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Dressed in head-to-toe leather, Moore unveiled her wet and wavy bob, crafted by celebrity stylist Dimitris Giannetos, to the cameras inside Piazza VI Febbraio, posing alongside Donatella Versace, Brad Goreski and Luca de Meo.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Also screening at the fest is Harry Lighton’s kinky BDSM romance Pillion, led by Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling and Alex Burunova’s Satisfaction, a study of the creative tension between two British composers with Laird and Whitehead.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bread dough The morning after Cathy and Heathcliff spy on Joseph (Ewan Mitchell) and Zillah’s (Amy Morgan) kinky stable tryst, Cathy loses her composure at the breakfast table watching a very wet dough (focaccia, maybe?—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Once closed, students gathered in the road and played music, displayed signs and waved flags.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
2 Feb. 2026
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Danai Gurira wraps her braids in intricate, waved shapes along her face for an elegant red carpet look.—
Audrey Noble,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Mielle Organics Weightless Hair Oil For those with curly or coily hair, this weightless oil is best used as a finishing touch on dry strands or as a mid-week refresh to revive dry hair.—
Claire West,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2026
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Lightweight and airy, it’s made with curly hair in mind, giving coils instant volume and bounce while providing heat protection for diffuser days.—
Michelle Rostamian,
Allure,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Frizzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frizzy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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