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 In addition to the sheer quantity of unique garments required to be a serious competitor on the show, there’s also the cost of makeup, quality wigs, and shoes — not to mention the backup looks, makeover challenge looks, and all prepared weeks before filming on an extremely tight turnaround. James Factora, Them, 8 Jan. 2025 Badu suggested her own wigs be used, but Bowman refused. Laura Sirikul, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025 In the past, Jenner has worn wigs for her hair changes, but the photo in her post showed her hair in the midst of the coloring process. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024 Kardashian, 44, was seen in home-video style filming, crawling on her hands and knees in a blonde bob wig. Janelle Ash, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wig 
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Noun
  • Next, Powell says to focus on lighting, finding functional furniture pieces, and lastly, adding window treatments, rugs, and art.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Sargsyan explains that homeowners want festive color palettes, and rugs with natural stain-resistant properties.
    Terri Williams, Forbes, 22 Jan. 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 1 Feb. 2025.

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