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Recent Examples of pigtail
Her hair in little pigtails, a little yellow sundress.
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Hairstylist Jenda Alcorn, who regularly works with both Elle and sister Dakota, brought the loose pigtails together with crystal bobbles to just skim her shoulders.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Fanning wore her hair with very 2000’s deep swooping side bangs and two low, tight-to-the-head medium-length pigtails.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
In the clip, which played along to audio from The Kardashians of Kim Kardashian talking about her sister Kourtney Kardashian copying her, Lizzo posed and modeled two extra-long pigtails while wearing a white off-the-shoulder dress, sparkly silver eyeshadow and pink blush.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Hairstylist Jenda Alcorn, who regularly works with both Elle and sister Dakota, brought the loose pigtails together with crystal bobbles to just skim her shoulders.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Fanning wore her hair with very 2000’s deep swooping side bangs and two low, tight-to-the-head medium-length pigtails.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
In the clip, which played along to audio from The Kardashians of Kim Kardashian talking about her sister Kourtney Kardashian copying her, Lizzo posed and modeled two extra-long pigtails while wearing a white off-the-shoulder dress, sparkly silver eyeshadow and pink blush.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigtail
Noun
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The queues for memory requests by resources were extended to allow more data to be in motion at once.—
Michael Justin Allen Sexton,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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Here are 12 must-listen leadership podcasts for women to add to your queue.—
Cynthia Pong, JD,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Hair is braided into cornrows, and extensions are sewn in. Micro-Link Extensions: Small beads attach hair strands to natural hair without glue or heat.—
Allure,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2025
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The group’s July 2023 report highlighted several issues at Marcy, including Black inmates being turned away from the mess hall for wearing their hair in cornrows or braids.—
Thomas C. Zambito,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So no, Shane Gillis being hired and then fired in 2019 before ever taking the Studio 8H stage didn’t make the cut, but Adrien Brody’s bizarre dreadlocks definitely did.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Moody, wearing dreadlocks and a contagious smile, can’t stop scoring, averaging 32.7 points per game.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Pigtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigtail. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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