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Recent Examples of wig
Sporting quite the wig, the Seinfeld star turned up for one episode in season 4.
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Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
On Sunday, June 7, the Kylie Cosmetics founder shared an Instagram Stories image of her 8-year-old daughter sitting on her bed wearing a baby pink wig while sorting through her Pokémon cards.
—Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
First and foremost, as was first reported by Shanghai Daily, the child was not seriously injured, so if your first instinct was to fear retribution for laughing at the visual of a humanoid robot doing a Rex-Kwan-Do routine in a clown wig and rocking some little kid in the chest, then worry not.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Lucy attempts to dress in a wig and soldier’s attire and then cover herself in pancake powder from head to toe in an attempt to pose in place of the statue long enough to get through the dedication ceremony, but is exposed.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
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Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
On Sunday, June 7, the Kylie Cosmetics founder shared an Instagram Stories image of her 8-year-old daughter sitting on her bed wearing a baby pink wig while sorting through her Pokémon cards.
—Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
First and foremost, as was first reported by Shanghai Daily, the child was not seriously injured, so if your first instinct was to fear retribution for laughing at the visual of a humanoid robot doing a Rex-Kwan-Do routine in a clown wig and rocking some little kid in the chest, then worry not.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Lucy attempts to dress in a wig and soldier’s attire and then cover herself in pancake powder from head to toe in an attempt to pose in place of the statue long enough to get through the dedication ceremony, but is exposed.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wig
Noun
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The 38-year-old singer, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, paired her inky black hairpiece, courtesy of Keisha Moore, with a royal blue Robert Wun gown, styled by Patti Wilson.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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Surprisingly the most expensive hairpiece so far has been Attenborough’s, which Fortune reveals was a hybrid of a cheap £20 ($26) wig at the back combined with tens of man-hours knotting individual strands of hair onto a lace front to create the centenarian’s familiar pate.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Comb-overs, bad toupees, the stuff of sitcom jokes.—
Jay Sparks,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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He was immediately taken, both by Cheney’s warm personality and the instant results that a toupee can offer.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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