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Recent Examples of topless
In Los Angeles, dancers at the topless bar Star Garden became the only unionized group of strippers in the country.
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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
The most daring image featured a woman who was topless, except for a pair of suspenders that lay across her nipples.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
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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
The most daring image featured a woman who was topless, except for a pair of suspenders that lay across her nipples.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topless
Adjective
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In the incidents, victims were asked to trade nude photographs with the suspects before exchanging phone numbers and continuing the conversation.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The dress, a powder-pink silk custom Chanel dress by Matthieu Blazy, featured a bustier embroidered with white and gray crystals and black beads, and a peplum waist made of beige, pink, nude, and apricot feathers that flowed into a skirt.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The naked dress has proven to be an ever-evolving garment.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan once pondered that the extras who make up the hive mind on the dystopian future show should be naked.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2026
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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Officers say she was partially unclothed and had suffered numerous injuries.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.—
Ian Gilligan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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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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The scandal erupted at the end of last year when the AI chatbot churned out a barrage of digitally undressed images of women and children in response to requests from users.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topless. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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