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  • plural of bristle.
  • present tense form of bristle (3rd person singular).

bristles



NOUN
five o'clock shadow
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She bristles when she realizes some dentists are using AI images to upsell patients—deploying color-coded overlays to dramatize borderline findings and justify questionable treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Elephants are born with about 1,000 of these bristles, lead author Andrew Schulz told AFP, many of them anchored in the trunk's wrinkles to act like feelers and help the animals assess their surroundings.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

She also has been a reporter for more than three decades, including the last 18 years at the Free Press, and bristles at being labeled “fake media.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

And while the ship bristles with hi-tech communications equipment, it's what we can't see that is of most concern.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Thanks to Tsalig, who was always looking out for me, I, too, started working for the brush maker, stringing bristles through a board to make brushes for the Germans.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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