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Recent Examples of shorn
The scent of shorn wood, metal and instant coffee wafts through the air.
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Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Some 845,000 hectares of pasturelands are resting and recovering from overgrazing while herding communities transform shorn cashmere into sustainable fiber for luxury markets.
—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The man in the box turns out to be Chalamet, who emerges with a shorn head in a Marty Supreme sweatsuit and strolls off the field, into a shipping container, and onto a movie junket set-up.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Some 845,000 hectares of pasturelands are resting and recovering from overgrazing while herding communities transform shorn cashmere into sustainable fiber for luxury markets.
—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The man in the box turns out to be Chalamet, who emerges with a shorn head in a Marty Supreme sweatsuit and strolls off the field, into a shipping container, and onto a movie junket set-up.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorn
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
Adjective
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Instead of kings and queens cunningly maneuvering their armies against their enemies, there’s only an ox of a man and a bald little boy, neither of whom exhibits a clearly superior intellect.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Jan. 2026
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Wilfried Singo dashed over to the bald man in an orange shirt who was shouting and swearing with excitement on the side of the pitch.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Genetically identical neurons that form Meissner corpuscles for picking up vibrations in glabrous skin, for example, also form lanceolate endings for detecting hair movement in hairy skin.—
Ariel Bleicher,
Quanta Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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The result was a cityscape of relentless sheen, façades as glabrous and ageless as a starlet’s brow.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This side view shows it off perfectly—with shaved sides, curls on top, and a clean crop in the back.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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Carrot salad The viral carrot ribbon salad trend, popularized by chef and content creator Cassie Yeung, turns shaved carrots into a flavorful, easy-to-eat dish tossed with sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic and chili crisp, Fox News Digital previously reported.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
29 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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,
Arkansas Online,
28 Nov. 2025
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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,
NPR,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Shorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorn. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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