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 Using wigs, hats, scarves, or other styling options can make hair loss less noticeable, and looser hairstyles are less likely to lead to hair loss and damage.13 Sometimes, hair loss resolves on its own. Michael MacIntyre, Verywell Health, 31 Jan. 2025 At the event, a Kermit the Frog doll was dressed in a curly wig and a No. 15 Chiefs jersey and hanged from a pole, sparking outrage among Chiefs supporters. Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025 Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025 Turow has been known to sing lead vocals when the band plays the song, sometimes wearing an inexplicable novelty wig. Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wig 
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Noun
  • The rugs generally are easy to clean as long as they’re just walked on.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Flatiron oriental rug: on sale for $135.99 Original price: $430 (Wayfair) This Flatiron oriental rug can really tie a room together.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After all the stress and panicking, Bowman was proud of the end result for Badu’s hairpiece.
    Laura Sirikul, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Many inexpensive clip-in hairpieces are not made from real hair, but from synthetic hair.
    Anna Bader, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The croupier, a large terrier wearing a toupee, almost seemed amused.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The chain’s Umbrella Tree is an eight-foot Tannenbaum that forgoes the traditional triangle shape and instead looks more like a Festivus pole with a spruce-tip toupee.
    BYChris Morris, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024

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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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