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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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While those three big wigs were fun to hang with—and Carlito was exceptionally generous with the delicious OpusX cigars—the Hublot collectors gathered there brought the horological heat to the sweltering Dominican air.
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Ultimately, Lee used 12 wigs to transform Jolie into Callas, both in the last week of her life and as Callas in her prime, onstage in some of her iconic roles.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
Editor’s picks The lawyer for Mathews, meanwhile, argued his client was a full employee based in California where the wigs were stored.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Sexyy then turns a beauty shop into her personal stage, showering dollar bills amidst colorful wigs and synthetic hair.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2024
The quest to have human conflicts decided by men and women in robes and wigs, and not just those in berets and boots, should resonate deeply with Israel’s founding ideals.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
A little boy stumbles upon a convention of murderous, child-hating witches who keep their scabby bald heads and gruesome claws (the work of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop) hidden beneath wigs and gloves.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Charles LaPointe’s wigs are terrific, too.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Talking about getting into the part of Morrible, Elphaba’s magic instructor at the college of Shiz, Yeoh said the part that helped her the most was the costume design by Paul Tazewell and the wigs from Frances Hannon.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Ultimately, Lee used 12 wigs to transform Jolie into Callas, both in the last week of her life and as Callas in her prime, onstage in some of her iconic roles.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
Editor’s picks The lawyer for Mathews, meanwhile, argued his client was a full employee based in California where the wigs were stored.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Sexyy then turns a beauty shop into her personal stage, showering dollar bills amidst colorful wigs and synthetic hair.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2024
The quest to have human conflicts decided by men and women in robes and wigs, and not just those in berets and boots, should resonate deeply with Israel’s founding ideals.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
A little boy stumbles upon a convention of murderous, child-hating witches who keep their scabby bald heads and gruesome claws (the work of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop) hidden beneath wigs and gloves.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Charles LaPointe’s wigs are terrific, too.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Talking about getting into the part of Morrible, Elphaba’s magic instructor at the college of Shiz, Yeoh said the part that helped her the most was the costume design by Paul Tazewell and the wigs from Frances Hannon.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Wigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigs. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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