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Recent Examples of big hair
The big hair and thick accents would take you out of the dour world of the movie if decades of Snookies and Sopranos, Gorgas and Guidicis didn’t retroactively ground these characters in some form of reality.
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Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Since the decade of big hair and neon fashion, a New Jersey man has been trying his luck.
—Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Misty is really Joe Brown, a meek hotel accountant, but after 30 minutes with makeup, a fantastic outfit, and big hair — shazzam!
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025
On the mane front, Southern women have been known for big hair, lots of hair spray, and constantly defying the hot, humid environment around them.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025
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Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Since the decade of big hair and neon fashion, a New Jersey man has been trying his luck.
—Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Misty is really Joe Brown, a meek hotel accountant, but after 30 minutes with makeup, a fantastic outfit, and big hair — shazzam!
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025
On the mane front, Southern women have been known for big hair, lots of hair spray, and constantly defying the hot, humid environment around them.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big hair
Noun
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While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
8 July 2025
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But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.—
Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn,
New York Times,
13 June 2024
Noun
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Completing the trifecta of airport problems that occurred last Wednesday was a report that a construction crew cut a fiber optic cable at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at about 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 May 2014
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But the appointment with the angular young man wearing a fresh crew cut was not just any meeting.—
Kevin Johnson,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Still, these buns are somewhat sticky, so that’s a fun little mystery.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 July 2025
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The restaurant’s playful take serves it slider-style, with two mini sandwiches on pillowy split-top buns from Milwaukee bakery Midwest Sad.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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Officials, including Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, have accused Powell of presiding over a lavish overhaul of the central bank’s headquarters to include Italian beehives, water features and executive elevators whisking Fed policymakers to an executive dining room.—
Lucy Bayly,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
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And this is the focus of everything served at the hotel which has an impressive kitchen garden and beehives.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Short-nosed breeds, like pugs and shih tzus, don't tolerate the heat and humidity because the shape of their faces don't allow for efficient panting to cool themselves, per PetMD.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Examples of this include Labrador retrievers, Shetland sheepdogs, pugs and basset hounds.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
Noun
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After the star tight end ditched his usual buzz cut in favor of the wavy, longer look last fall, the brothers’ mom Donna Kelce weighed in on it.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Dickinson played the lead, Frankie — adopting a Brooklyn accent and, partway through the film, a buzz cut.—
Seija Rankin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Princess Royal wore her hair in a chignon in lieu of a bouffant, deviating from the voluminous hairdo that's considered a hallmark of her signature style.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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Until now, when her hair was styled in more of a low chignon.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
9 July 2025
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Not just any perm mind you, but a home perm in my aunt’s kitchen.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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High porosity hair responds rapidly and inconsistently to chemicals, such as those used in perms, hair dyes, and chemical straighteners.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
4 June 2025
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“Big hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20hair. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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