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Recent Examples of longhair Raisa was a fixture on Chicago’s opera scene, and La Scala’ stage was sacred space in the world of longhairs, as classical music fans are sometimes known. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023 With a warm smile and loving spirit, the 3-year-old longhair Chihuahua is hoping for a family that needs a new sous chef that just so happens to have four legs. The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022 The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry — a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists. Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022 That’s because all cats—longhair, shorthair, no hair—shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for longhair
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Noun
  • And this was disliked by intellectuals.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Think of it as a sleek and uncomfortable time capsule of the past half decade of #MeToo discourse, or as a character study of flawed intellectuals desperately attempting to perform their values while clinging to the facade of their respective identities.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Superman and Lex Luthor have technically had a child together for decades in the comics, but as many a gay nerd has joked on the internet this year, Nicholas Hoult’s Lex finally seems like a Lex who would baby-trap Superman.
    James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
  • That bourbon, like all subsequent releases, was aged at Camp Nelson, a warehouse site located a few minutes from the distillery that is legendary (among whiskey nerds, at least) for the quality of the bourbon that comes from there.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Longhair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longhair. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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