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Recent Examples of wig
Surveillance images show the mom and daughter -- both appearing to be wearing wigs -- at a Santa Barbara-area rental car business that day, authorities said.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2025
The mother is also known to wear wigs, authorities said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
Outfitted with a messy wig and white clothes, the robot remains motionless before suddenly collapsing to all fours and crawling, evoking scenes straight out of The Ring or The Exorcist.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Leni completed the costume with a wig imitating Camilla’s dark, curly tresses, and wore the character’s most iconic outfit with a white tank top and oversize hairbow.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2025
The mother is also known to wear wigs, authorities said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
Outfitted with a messy wig and white clothes, the robot remains motionless before suddenly collapsing to all fours and crawling, evoking scenes straight out of The Ring or The Exorcist.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Leni completed the costume with a wig imitating Camilla’s dark, curly tresses, and wore the character’s most iconic outfit with a white tank top and oversize hairbow.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wig
Noun
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This time around, Faracy wore a gilded replica of the look, consisting of a gold corset with a gold cone bra, an assortment of gold chains, gold hoop earrings, and a gold hairpiece adorning her high ponytail.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The smaller section was rolled at an angle, and the larger portion looks like it was rolled around a hairpiece or a hair donut for added lift, volume, and shape.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These things are — according to Torres’s theories — navy blue, and the threat of that color’s oppressive manifestations lurks in the show like an under-the-bed monster wearing a toupee and a bad suit.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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