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  • past participle of shave.
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shaven

[shey-vuhn] / ˈʃeɪ vən /




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The Sheriff’s Department is looking for the suspect, who was described as a Black male, 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 180 pounds and with a shaven head.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

And then there are the images of the migrants deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, shackled one behind the other in prison garb, their heads bowed and shaven.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

Black-bearded, with a shaven and shiny head, he’s wearing a Star Wars T-shirt that declares “Your Empire Needs You”.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

Mr. Bankman-Fried, 32, was in the courtroom, clean shaven and wearing a loose fitting brown jail uniform.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

We knew that all those rabbits that had shaven bellies—our scientific knowledge adequately covered this point because it was our job to shave the rabbits—were undergoing Aschheim-Zondek tests.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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