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hairline

[hair-lahyn] / ˈhɛərˌlaɪn /




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Even a stray grain or hairline defect means the part has to be scrapped, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Don't forget your hairline and any partings to protect your scalp.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

My hair woes started in high school, when I would scrape my curls into a bun and lament how thin my hairline looked.

From Slate May 23, 2026

You’re more than allowed to believe him abominable, and maybe do some witchcraft so his hairline starts receding at an unprecedented rate.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2025

His eyes grew wide as we all watched her face change to a pale blue mask pulled down from her hairline to her swollen lips.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

He is among a cohort of men who have had enough of hiding under hats and obsessively monitoring hairlines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

As of 2021, there were an estimated 350,000 tattoo artists in the country, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare - most of whom specialised in semi-permanent make-up for lips, eyebrows or hairlines.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2025

Back of the day, the NBA players used to look like they were 65, had hairlines back here.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2022

Yoon's party has not yet decided its position on traditional tattoos but supports legalising so-called cosmetic tattoos, which are semi-permanent and popular in South Korea for enhancing eyebrows, eyelines and hairlines.

From Reuters Feb. 21, 2022

She nearly didn’t marry him because it was said that people with angular hairlines often have very troubled lives.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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