a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area
the cancer patient started wearing a wig after losing all of her hair from chemotherapy
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Recent Examples of wigHis shocking wig video went viral.—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 After her appearance at the National History Museum, however, Kate came under accusations that her hair was a wig.—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025 In it, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning goes undercover in heavy prosthetics and a wig and dons the alias Chad Powers to try out as a walk-on quarterback for Penn State football.—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025 As for Gladys’s signature micro bangs, Wheat says those came about during the testing process, when the team was playing around with where to pin the wig.—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wig
That reliable iron lump brings the 5,000-pound car to 60 mph from a standstill in about 10 seconds, not so brisk a pace as to blow off a bad hairpiece.
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Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
Every piece, from jewelry to gloves, to custom hairpieces, is carefully considered as a means to elevate the look.
Robert Greenberg, a former hairstylist who tried to get rich off of everything from mail-order toupees to roller skates, founded the company with his son Michael in 1992 and the family still owns a 12% stake.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
Some celebrities and influencers have even openly discussed wearing hairpieces, weaves, wigs or toupees.
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