as in rug
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 wig His 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
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Noun
  • Eufy notes that its obstacle avoidance is uniquely good enough to recognize and avoid tassels on rugs.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Finally, a large area rug tied it all together and created a sense of cohesion.
    Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Some celebrities and influencers have even openly discussed wearing hairpieces, weaves, wigs or toupees.
    Rhiannon Frater, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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