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 The latter role is best remembered for Hackman dramatically removing Lex's wig, revealing his baldness before being carted off to prison. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 There are so many tutorials on wig installs and hair piece installs on the Internet, plus ways to make a plastic wig look a little nicer. Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 4 Mar. 2025 Anthony Fiore of Mundelein donned a white wig and a classic suit seen in paintings of that American era. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 This eye-catching green ombre wig is a super cute option for those who want the Beetlejuice hair color without committing to a full-on dye job. Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wig
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Noun
  • Lay a tile rug Designer Benjamin Johnston uses tile as an accessory.
    Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The collection includes more than 100 furniture pieces, divided into key categories such as sofas, dining tables, rugs and lamps.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Because her character's costume involved a variety of braided wigs, Erivo decided to shave her head so that, when her scalp was painted over, the hairpieces looked natural.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • After all the stress and panicking, Bowman was proud of the end result for Badu’s hairpiece.
    Laura Sirikul, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • See 6 finalists for new position Starbucks is removing some drinks from its menu in March: See the full list Man busted in airport smuggling cocaine under toupee: Watch video of hairy situation Will an asteroid hit Earth?
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • While back in July 2019, a Colombian man with a suspiciously large head was stopped by Spanish police in Barcelona, who found a massive package of drugs hidden under his toupee.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025

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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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