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Recent Examples of hairlessThese dogs usually have short or hairless coats, allowing air to circulate throughout their body.—Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Yellow jackets are close in size to a honeybee, but have nearly hairless bodies and bold yellow-and-black striping.—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 May 2026 The one and only hairless dog The research team recovered 341 bones from 19 hairless dogs, including a 6- to 8-week-old puppy buried with one of the elite craftsmen.—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026 The men are tastefully muscled with hairless pecs that never imply they’ve been sculpted by steroids.—Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 For instance, there’s a difference between wanting a bikini wax so that body hair doesn’t show during swim team meets, and wanting one because hairless models on Instagram convinced them their pubic hair is unattractive.—Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025 Sometimes, too much product exiles moisture and nutrients, slows healthy skin processes, and even mixes company chemically, which is all risky on hairless skin.—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025 There was a valley of veins moving over his hands, blue rivers poking underneath his hairless arms.—Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 In addition to his hairless facial feature, Cooper's other recognizable asset is his silver-white hairstyle.—Michelle Lee, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairless
shaven
Adjective
But her career has been marred by high-profile incidents — including being photographed in 2007 with a freshly shaven head hitting a car with an umbrella.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
The man had brown eyes, short hair, was clean shaven and had a semiautomatic handgun on his waistband, police said.
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Jessica Flores,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Mar. 2026