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Recent Examples of topless
On his way out of the training complex, the young full-back stopped his convertible car and stood up, topless, to salute the crowd.
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Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 18 May 2025
As a failing actress pushed into doing a topless scene for a movie, Kidman wears a choppy, lifeless brunette wig that is awful to look at for longer than five seconds at a time.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Reddit u/gucci-milk The next, a topless Bremer with fake tattoos on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Some of her paintings begin as digital collages sourced from vintage Black magazines; this calendar’s smiling, topless cover model had accessorized her lingerie with a bandolier of bullets, as though in preparation for the revolution.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 18 May 2025
As a failing actress pushed into doing a topless scene for a movie, Kidman wears a choppy, lifeless brunette wig that is awful to look at for longer than five seconds at a time.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Reddit u/gucci-milk The next, a topless Bremer with fake tattoos on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Some of her paintings begin as digital collages sourced from vintage Black magazines; this calendar’s smiling, topless cover model had accessorized her lingerie with a bandolier of bullets, as though in preparation for the revolution.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topless
Adjective
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Her nails, however, were void of color and shine; they were painted in a nude shade and kept extremely short.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Aug. 2025
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During The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actress roundtable in 2019, the actress revealed she was offered the role of Anastasia Steele in the erotic thriller adaptation, but declined it due to the excessive nude scenes.—
Diana Pearl,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In the opening segment, Andrea begins to believe that she is cursed, being haunted by an entity that’s invisible to the naked eye, but can be captured on video or in photos.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Four of these planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—can be seen with the naked eye, while Uranus and Neptune will be visible through a very strong pair of skywatching binoculars or a backyard telescope.—
Gretchen Rundorff,
Wired News,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Investigators also found a trove of photos depicting nude and seminude young women and girls.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
11 Aug. 2019
Adjective
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The premiere takes several jabs at Trump, whose character is shown literally getting into bed unclothed with Satan.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
26 July 2025
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The limestone facade is pearl-white again, the green copper roof looks brand new and the delightfully curious dozen sculptures of unclothed women adorning the exterior appear to be ready for their collective closeup, modesty be damned!—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.—
Ian Gilligan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2023
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Brown didn't mind standing in between the shirt unclad pros.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
6 Nov. 2019
Adjective
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Each of them had been undressed and bound with their underwear.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Bold face names abound in its 204 glossy pages including John F. Kennedy Jr., whose mother, the late Jackie Onassis, was the subject of a 1975 pictorial when a paparazzo with a long lens and a publisher with a fat wallet, shared images of her undressed.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topless. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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