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Recent Examples of wig
This style is often compared to other protective styles, such as weaves or wigs, due to the fullness that can be achieved.
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Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 22 May 2026
There’s also a gleeful sequence where the six members of the virtuosic onstage band swan around in polyester housecoats and peroxide wigs, all representing H’s childhood piano teacher, Doris, a woman who toured with Horowitz and sounds like Foghorn Leghorn with a pack-a-day Virginia Slims habit.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
For example, Kyle Prue’s social media followers often comment on his tiny ears, so in his makeover, Stier gave him a wig to cover them up.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Behind a black curtain, Demi Moore looked spookily glam in a suicide-blond wig with black roots.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
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Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 22 May 2026
There’s also a gleeful sequence where the six members of the virtuosic onstage band swan around in polyester housecoats and peroxide wigs, all representing H’s childhood piano teacher, Doris, a woman who toured with Horowitz and sounds like Foghorn Leghorn with a pack-a-day Virginia Slims habit.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
For example, Kyle Prue’s social media followers often comment on his tiny ears, so in his makeover, Stier gave him a wig to cover them up.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Behind a black curtain, Demi Moore looked spookily glam in a suicide-blond wig with black roots.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 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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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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One of Miller’s cornermen seemingly notified him of the situation just as the third round was about to begin, prompting the 318-pounder to stand, shrug to the crowd cartoonishly and peel the toupee off his head.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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