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Recent Examples of shaven
Instead of his signature wavy dark brunette locks and scruffy hot prof facial hair, Garfield rocked sandy blonde curls and a clean shaven look.
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Meg Walters, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Flores also previously told investigators that Gonzales wore khakis and a white shirt and had a beard; Gonzales was cleanly shaven that day and wore blue.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
Visibly thin, head shaven and still in a gray jumpsuit, Ibrahim wiped tears away as he was embraced by family members shortly after his release in videos taken by the family.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Visibly thin, head shaven and still in a grey jumpsuit, Ibrahim wiped tears away as he was embraced by family members shortly after his release in videos taken by the family.
—NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
In the clip posted online, Michael can be seen sitting in the front of a car, with Emory in the back, while a face covering is keeping his newly-shaven face under wraps.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
So, Taylor woke up with his head half-shaven and a shunt installed to help alleviate the pressure and drain out the spinal fluid that the tumor was blocking.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
But as this sharp, insightful story shows, sometimes the most dangerous influencers wear a tie and come clean shaven.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
Meg Walters, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Flores also previously told investigators that Gonzales wore khakis and a white shirt and had a beard; Gonzales was cleanly shaven that day and wore blue.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
Visibly thin, head shaven and still in a gray jumpsuit, Ibrahim wiped tears away as he was embraced by family members shortly after his release in videos taken by the family.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Visibly thin, head shaven and still in a grey jumpsuit, Ibrahim wiped tears away as he was embraced by family members shortly after his release in videos taken by the family.
—NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
In the clip posted online, Michael can be seen sitting in the front of a car, with Emory in the back, while a face covering is keeping his newly-shaven face under wraps.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
So, Taylor woke up with his head half-shaven and a shunt installed to help alleviate the pressure and drain out the spinal fluid that the tumor was blocking.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
But as this sharp, insightful story shows, sometimes the most dangerous influencers wear a tie and come clean shaven.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaven
hairless
Adjective
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For instance, there’s a difference between wanting a bikini wax so that body hair doesn’t show during swim team meets, and wanting one because hairless models on Instagram convinced them their pubic hair is unattractive.—
Liz Regalia,
Parents,
27 Dec. 2025
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The Amazon founder, 61, has been shedding his once hairless reputation in recent months, and just before Christmas, he was seen with possibly his longest look yet.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Shaven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaven. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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