topless

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Recent Examples of topless Continue reading … PALACE FURY — Prince William was 'ready to go to war with the press' over Kate Middleton’s topless photos scandal. FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026 In Los Angeles, dancers at the topless bar Star Garden became the only unionized group of strippers in the country. Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 The images, which the group said included topless pictures of minor girls, appear to be more extreme than recent reports that Grok had created images of children in revealing clothing and sexualized scenarios. David Ingram, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026 The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the pair had been recently fired from their jobs at the North Beach club, known as the nation's first topless bar. Tim Fang, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for topless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for topless
Adjective
  • That's especially problematic for the often underage victims of this abuse – 90% of which are women – as studies show these deepfake nude images can have wide-ranging and long-lasting consequences.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates at an exclusive private school in Pennsylvania received probation Wednesday after dozens of victims described the images' traumatizing effect on them.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Head outside tonight and drink in the sight of the Pleiades open star cluster glistening close to the red star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus, before the mesmerizing naked-eye jewel slips out of view with the changing of the seasons.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Not only naked but barefoot, too.
    Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That image, Dreijer said in a recent Pitchfork interview, was influenced by a seminude self-portrait of the 79-year-old Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum.
    Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Investigators also found a trove of photos depicting nude and seminude young women and girls.
    Fox News, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2019
Adjective
  • Police responding to a burglary report found Thiam unresponsive, unclothed and suffering from severe head injuries on the 2400 block of Federal Street on Nov. 10, 2025.
    Laura Fay, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The film begins with Bardot, then 22 and playing a restless orphan living in Saint-Tropez, lying unclothed on her stomach.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.
    Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • The expansive property features 19-foot ceilings with large, undressed windows that open out to the water and surrounding cornfields.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Sometimes the subjects appear undressed or in lewd positions, with their faces and bodies hidden by black boxes, though there are occasional clips where a face is visible.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026

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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topless. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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