a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area
if no one had told me he wore a hairpiece, I would have thought his hair was his own
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Recent Examples of hairpieceThese hairpieces add volume, length, or a different texture.—Patty Weasler, Rn, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025 After all the stress and panicking, Bowman was proud of the end result for Badu’s hairpiece.—Laura Sirikul, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025 Many inexpensive clip-in hairpieces are not made from real hair, but from synthetic hair.—Anna Bader, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024 There are methods that last between six weeks and six months, as well as hairpieces that are only used for one-off styling.—Anna Bader, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hairpiece
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wig
Noun
The video was made by Eli and Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions for ESPN+ that saw the younger Manning don a wig and prosthetic nose to go undercover as a walk-on for Penn State University’s football tryouts.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 May 2025
The group of seven was fully committed to the bit, purchasing wigs, heels and, of course, black sunglasses to pay homage to Jenner's signature look.
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