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clean-shaven

[kleen-shay-vuhn] / ˈklinˈʃeɪ vən /


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The author chronicles the troubled youth and “vagrant years” of Tennyson, up until 1850, when the still clean-shaven poet experienced a sudden change of fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

At the windows, clean-shaven faces cast curious glances at the journalists in the compound.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

The dress code requires its employees to wear company-issued hats with their hair tucked in, and male employees must be clean-shaven, the lawsuit says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

Brunettes, blonds, mustached, clean-shaven, my patio-bar dates don’t seem to get it, and their answers have alarmed me — their apathy almost as alarming as outright hate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025

What little stubble he’d had the last time she’d seen him was gone; he was clean-shaven and wore a Son of the Six’s telltale blue tunic.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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