hairpins

noun

plural of hairpin
as in slopes

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  1. slopes
  2. corners
  3. loops
  4. coils
  5. folds
  6. curls
  7. inclines
  8. twists
Noun
  • Off the slopes, Woolly’s Adventure Summit is a year-round, family-friendly base camp with thrilling activities such as a mountain coaster, zip lining, and tubing.
    — Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That's enough to loosen steep slopes where some of the 210,000 islanders live off the grid in improvised housing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of slopes
Noun
  • That intersection is at the four corners border of Romulus, Westland, Dearborn Heights and Taylor.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The object also reveals how cosmopolitan the Qianlong court was, which, like the Mughal court in India, welcomed artisans from all corners of China and the rest of the world, according to Wang.
    — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of corners
Noun
  • Those high-spending developers are generally working on Greenfield projects, where AI coding agents have clean feedback loops and iterate on bug fixes and new functionality.
    — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Special attention was paid to preserving the signature details of the 501, like the nearly five-foot back pocket, oversized back patch and belt loops.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • Instead of a pomade stick, Tauber recommends using Oribe Gel Sérum on coils, applying a generous amount around the hairline before smoothing it back with a boar bristle brush.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In parallel, the company secured a 20 million dollar award from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E SCALEUP program to expand domestic manufacturing for its modular coils.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of coils
Noun
  • Instead, Homies has developed its vocabulary around proportion, lightness and the way leather sits and folds around the foot.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The elegant strapless dress fell in voluminous draping folds around her body and featured a subtle high-low bubble skirt.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • Commerce production assistant Hailey Roy, who has 3C curls, actually skips a hot tool altogether.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In one shot of Kidman leaning against the railing of a boat, her curls took center stage, and in another photo, the Lioness actress posed in a blue bikini in a hot tub, her hair tied up in a top knot.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of curls
Noun
  • Cows amble in the distance along the inclines of meadows; their grazing helps control invasive plants.
    — Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Bert McCarty, a Clemson University professor of turfgrass science and management, said golfers like how top courses are so different — from incorporating the ocean in places near beaches to relying on inclines in the mountains.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of inclines
Noun
  • By retracing Berezovska’s footsteps, finding witnesses and hearing from one of the men accused of killing her, CNN has uncovered a tale of violence, strange twists and unanswered questions.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Erika wrote a page-turning thriller, set in my home state of Texas, with shocking twists and characters who leap off the page.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of twists
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