as in wigs
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 hairpieces
Also, crazy Bumpit on Weir; looking forward to some more interesting hairpieces this Olympics season.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairpieces
wigs
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Off-beat coifs also emerged at Walter Van Beirendonck, where models sported multilength and multicolored wigs or small pigtails atop their heads.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The story picks up where the last ended, as 12-year-old Spike is forcibly conscripted into joining a small band of murderous adolescents in blond wigs.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Hairpieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairpieces. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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