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or longhair
as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
one of those long-haired idealists who founded short-lived utopias in rural America
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Recent Examples of long-haired
Far away, across the tops of the trees, is a group of dark-bodied, long-haired up-monkeys.
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The now-viral post, shared on Tuesday by u/daisieduchess69, shows a long-haired senior tabby with big, blue eyes, hanging out in her new cat tree, which the poster bought for her after deciding to take her in for good.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
But that hasn’t stopped the country singer from being confused for…another bearded, long-haired country singer.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Two years later, a long-haired white Persian appeared in From Russia With Love, purring from the lap of the Bond villain Blofeld.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The original 2010 movie, which grossed close to $600 million worldwide, followed the magically long-haired Rapunzel, who has spent her entire life in a tower.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Staryi’s command post outside Kharkiv looked less like a base than like a tech-industry office, with long-haired young men in T-shirts hunched over screens and sipping espresso drinks.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The manager The tall, thin, long-haired Cesar Luis Menotti was only 39 and most famous for smoking his way through the tournament.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Swift reunited with the Swedish producer Max Martin and his protégé Shellback, the same long-haired studio savants responsible for co-creating some of her most iconic singles.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The now-viral post, shared on Tuesday by u/daisieduchess69, shows a long-haired senior tabby with big, blue eyes, hanging out in her new cat tree, which the poster bought for her after deciding to take her in for good.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
But that hasn’t stopped the country singer from being confused for…another bearded, long-haired country singer.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Two years later, a long-haired white Persian appeared in From Russia With Love, purring from the lap of the Bond villain Blofeld.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The original 2010 movie, which grossed close to $600 million worldwide, followed the magically long-haired Rapunzel, who has spent her entire life in a tower.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Staryi’s command post outside Kharkiv looked less like a base than like a tech-industry office, with long-haired young men in T-shirts hunched over screens and sipping espresso drinks.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The manager The tall, thin, long-haired Cesar Luis Menotti was only 39 and most famous for smoking his way through the tournament.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Swift reunited with the Swedish producer Max Martin and his protégé Shellback, the same long-haired studio savants responsible for co-creating some of her most iconic singles.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-haired
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The petulant, back-stabby intrigue between various parties here sometimes makes the hero rather unsympathetic, with photogenic singer-actor Pena Hernandez’s puppyish turn not conveying a great deal of complexity, let alone artistic o intellectual potential.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Smith secures a dynasty On a team crowded with superstars, the cerebral catcher can go unnoticed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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When Mercury and Uranus retrograde face off across the sky, the result is purely cerebral and quite electric.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Like, the nerdy part of that is very interesting to me.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Portrayed with great humor, and a light touch barely ever achieved by young actors, Devi’s best challenges involve boys—especially Ben, her nerdy competition for top of the class, and Paxton—a hot athlete.—
John Ortved,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The tight race has surprised some in the traditionally blue state, which has had a Democratic governor for the past eight years and a legislature controlled by Democrats for even longer.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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The park will be adorned with red, white, and blue flowers and American flags.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Ono, whose upbringing was much more cultured, has more trepidations about agreeing to appear at every protest and support every cause.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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The University of Bologna, the oldest in Europe, keeps the city lively, young, cultured, and healthy—there’s a medical school here, and Bologna and Emilia Romagna are top-rated for healthcare.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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So many showgoers opted for the geeky-chic print during Fashion Month, and every brand from Zara to Miu Miu currently offers its own take.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
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In fact, the professional audiovisual presentation and all the attention to geeky details might be Rogue Incursion's greatest strength.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The study, published on the open-access scholarly article archive, arxiv, has not yet been peer-reviewed.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Check back on the second Monday of every month for a new puzzle built on clues connected to scholarly articles available via JSTOR.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Long-haired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-haired. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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