fez

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Recent Examples of fez At least that's what the horse wearing a fez just told me* in a dream. Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025 At least that’s what the horse wearing a fez just told me* in a dream. Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025 The conical pile of locks were inspired by the silhouette of fez and pillbox hats beloved by Jackie Onassis and fixed into place using a mixture of pins and copious hairspray. Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024 Their first collaboration in 1984 featured fez hats dripping with colored fringe. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fez
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fez
Noun
  • Andy Warhol painted a watercolor of a cat in a turban.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • In the new production of Sunset, everyone is dressed in black and white, including Scherzinger, who wears a black slip dress instead of Norma’s trademark turban.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There are berets, too, a nod to the military elements in the collection.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • Gone are the lopsided berets, garish prints, and impossible volumes.
    Blanca de Almandoz, Glamour, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Many of the protesters had covered their faces and wore long sleeves; one wore a sombrero.
    Emily Witt, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
  • Martinis are in order, as well as garish floral print shirts and oversized sombreros.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While Justin Bieber had sat in private boxes at Leafs games before, his ostentatious look — a large white toque, thick orange jacket and sunglasses — was hard to miss.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • She’s outfitted in chef’s whites with her name and a spray of delicate flowers embroidered on her toque.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Like the self-portrait, Ezekiel’s sculpture portrays Titian with his head cocked toward his right shoulder, a lapel tucked underneath his coat, chains hanging around his neck, and his long beard and skullcap.
    Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
  • Here, visitors can see blue skullcaps, Fendler’s meadow-rues, saniculas, Johnny jump-ups, bush lupines, monkey flowers, globe lilies, California poppies, bird’s eyes, and wallflowers.
    Deb Hopewell, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Louis Partridge Louis Partridge tips his fedora in his three-piece black Prada suit.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 6 May 2025
  • Yes, whoever introduced Lil Wayne to Warped Tour, Guitar Hero 3, and Patrick Stump’s fedora stash deserves a hell of their own making.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The look has become synonymous with the girl group and continues to be recreated today, even as a Halloween costume. 02 Queen Latifah in 1990 Queen Latifah embraced her heritage from the beginning of her career, proudly donning a colorful kufi and a matching outfit with statement gold earrings.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Polite conversation soon turns edgy after Akbar explains his kufi was personally given to him by Louis Farrakhan — something that doesn’t sit well with Shelley (her comedic slow-burn anger is one of the things Louis-Dreyfus can play better than most actresses).
    Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.
    Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022

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“Fez.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fez. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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