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Recent Examples of topless
In the former, a topless man half reclines on a twin bed—a latter-day Madame Récamier.
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Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
One scene that was cut — that, in fact, was never filmed — would have required Spelling to go topless in a spoof of the 1982 horror film The Entity starring Barbara Hershey.
—John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
That distinction belongs to the workers at the Star Garden, a topless bar in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, which successfully unionized in May 2023 following an 18-month strike.
—James Factora, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
In one scene, Miller rests unabashedly topless with her friends, a picture of prewar bliss.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
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Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
One scene that was cut — that, in fact, was never filmed — would have required Spelling to go topless in a spoof of the 1982 horror film The Entity starring Barbara Hershey.
—John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
That distinction belongs to the workers at the Star Garden, a topless bar in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, which successfully unionized in May 2023 following an 18-month strike.
—James Factora, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
In one scene, Miller rests unabashedly topless with her friends, a picture of prewar bliss.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topless
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What’s more fun than being able to flip through a large-scale binder of nude black-and-white photos (courtesy Susan Singer)?Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Chanel nail artist Betina R. Goldstein uses a pearlescent powder to give nude nails a shimmery iridescent shine before placing real freshwater pearls all over.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Police in Oregon now believe Joshua McCoy, a 5-year-old boy whose body was found naked in the woods less than two miles from his mother’s home last month, may have been murdered.Sean Neumann, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Whitfield was acting erratic and running naked around his parents' home when officers arrived.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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That image, Dreijer said in a recent Pitchfork interview, was influenced by a seminude self-portrait of the 79-year-old Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum.Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 10 May 2023
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Investigators also found a trove of photos depicting nude and seminude young women and girls.Fox News, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2019
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He was arraigned Thursday in the 88th District Court on two counts of capturing or distributing an image of an unclothed person and one count of using a computer to commit a crime.Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
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Once he was found responsible, a search of his electronics revealed numerous videos of unclothed or partially clothed children who did not know they were being recorded.Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
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But many people would be mortified to be caught unclad in public.Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
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Brown didn't mind standing in between the shirt unclad pros.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2019
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The director’s cut particularly features plenty of gazing shots of an undressed Boone.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
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The first look: a simple, white, thigh-skimming shirtdress echoed the dressed yet undressed sensibility, followed by a series of looks that continued to riff on the classic men’s white shirt.Jasper Brown, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topless. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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