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hairs

noun

plural of hair
1
as in inches
a very small distance or degree a race that was won by a hair

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2
as in fibers
a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair discovered hairs on the plant's stem

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3
as in wools
the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick has no hair, but wears a wig a coat made of camel's hair

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Recent Examples of hairs Sonorous jaws bristled with the thick chin hairs of your least-favourite grandmother. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 After a years-long effort to extract just a fraction of DNA, the Bible hairs turned out not to be Jefferson’s. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Years into the project, Shapiro and Green’s lab determined that the bible hairs had not, in fact, belonged to Jefferson. — Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026 Crosby, with a few more white hairs than last season, thought about the comment for a second before shrugging his shoulders and smiling. — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Some baby hummingbirds disguise themselves as caterpillars with stinging hairs to avoid predators, while octopus, squid, and cuttlefish use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings and hide. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026 Here's a look at the products in the cross-hairs of the import bans. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 These are actually reflective hairs, and the stripe gives away the stiltgrass. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026 Now Pedicularis had emerged as one of the first heralds of the Arctic summer, its stems wrapped in grayish, silky hairs that protect it like a warm winter coat. — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairs
  1. inches
  2. fibers
  3. wools
  4. steps
  5. threads
  6. coats
  7. necks
Noun
  • Forecasters said Tropical Storm Nolo might grow into a major hurricane and could drop 20 inches of rain on the Big Island, with even higher amounts possible through Saturday.
    — MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The new stops designed to accommodate bikes and buses are about five inches off the ground and separated from the road by a curb.
    — Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of inches
Noun
  • The Circ partnership will provide another route to reducing reliance on virgin materials alongside Primark’s existing work with recycled fibers, including with supplier Recover, the spokesperson added.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Some natural fibers, especially cotton and wool, can shrink in hot water.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of fibers
Noun
  • Using luxurious cottons, silks, wools and linen to emphasize the simplicity and ease of wardrobe staples — T-shirts, shorts, sweatshirts, skirts, button-down shirts, pants and tunics — elevating their wearability for day and night.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Although the word cashmere is sometimes incorrectly applied to extremely soft wools, only the product of the cashmere goat is true cashmere.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of wools
Noun
  • Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The fact that its AI agents have once again managed to break out of a sandbox suggests that the steps OpenAI has taken to improve security after the Hugging Face attack are insufficient.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of steps
Noun
  • He was also just being inundated with videos and memes and Reddit threads from Singh and Oppenheim.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The company’s future chief communications officer will need to untangle all of these threads.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of threads
Noun
  • While the polyester fabric isn’t ideal, I was impressed by the coat’s thickness and weight, which gave it a more luxurious feel than typical poly-blend coats.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 29 Sep. 2026
  • As September draws to a close and attention turns toward coats and knitwear, Lopez is thinking about bare skin, salt water, and disappearing somewhere with very little on the agenda.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of coats
Noun
  • And by donating these items, those green beaded necklaces can now hang around the necks of some other lucky children.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Better yet, many of them also feature spring’s other big jacket trends, like funnel necks.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of necks

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“Hairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairs. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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