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Recent Examples of curly
Born in 1928, the curly-haired cutie was launched into stardom with the release of the Fox studios feature film Stand Up and Cheer!
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Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2026
Straight hair cut into a French bob style doesn't require much maintenance, but curly or wavy hair may need strategic layering to maintain shape.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
And don’t forget an order of curly fries.
—Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The notation was curiously quaint, dots and curly tails swimming along like so many tadpoles.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
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Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2026
Straight hair cut into a French bob style doesn't require much maintenance, but curly or wavy hair may need strategic layering to maintain shape.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
And don’t forget an order of curly fries.
—Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The notation was curiously quaint, dots and curly tails swimming along like so many tadpoles.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curly
Adjective
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Look for curled edges, bare spots where granules have worn away and any flashing that looks lifted or bent.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
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And the curled posture of the embryo follows an ovoid shape like that of an egg.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With a jellybean color palette, a new wavy Rhode logo, and shapes like mushrooms and beans, the stickers were aligned with Justin’s Skylrk aesthetic, forming a bridge between the two labels and the Biebers ahead of their biggest weekend in the public eye since their wedding in 2018.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2026
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Many are created in order to address a concern (dandruff, breakage, brittleness) or to work most effectively for a specific hair type (4C curls, wavy hair, gray hair).—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Curly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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