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Recent Examples of fez
John Cena fez a alegria dos fãs mexicanos ao vestir máscara de Lucha Libre no Palco Omelete.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Still, Smith takes our mid-position, for his fez, bow-tie, and an impressive three-year tenure.
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—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025
There’s a passenger with a bright-green buzz cut (in sharp contrast with that same orange), one with a platinum wig, a baby-blue turban, a sparkly hijab, a graduation cap, a fez, very big headphones.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
Don’t miss the cemetery, either, where the carvings atop each tombstone indicate that person’s station in life (a fez headdress was reserved for government officials, a turban for someone of the religious order, an anchor for a seaman, and so on).
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2018
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Still, Smith takes our mid-position, for his fez, bow-tie, and an impressive three-year tenure.
5.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025
There’s a passenger with a bright-green buzz cut (in sharp contrast with that same orange), one with a platinum wig, a baby-blue turban, a sparkly hijab, a graduation cap, a fez, very big headphones.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
Don’t miss the cemetery, either, where the carvings atop each tombstone indicate that person’s station in life (a fez headdress was reserved for government officials, a turban for someone of the religious order, an anchor for a seaman, and so on).
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fez
Noun
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Her matching turban completed the unexpected look.—
Jessica Booth,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Hoja calmly takes off his turban and places it on the villager’s head.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pairing a trademark blue beret with his thick European accent, Grgich dazzled Napa Valley visitors.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
15 May 2026
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That blogger with a beret, Emily Cooper has flown the coop!—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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With an Opening Day golden sombrero and an 0-for-7 start to the season, there was plenty of reason to be worried about Aaron Judge.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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That’s what lawmakers grappled with Monday when a local conservative provocateur came to testify on an immigration bill wearing brownface and a sombrero and speaking Spanish.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Gollenz accepted the toque in 2021 and promptly won the restaurant a Michelin star.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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The two-time Top Chef winner, who’s also in charge at the tasting-menu spot Huso (one of our best new restaurants in America of 2025) in New York City, will be the head toque of a hands-on cooking class at Robb Report’s Culinary Masters in New Orleans.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Pair this with a straw fedora, and you’re all set for the day.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
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Picture Indiana Jones swapping his fedora for a Han dynasty helmet, dodging booby traps in dusty Chinese tombs.—
Urnesha Bhattacherjee,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The man in the statue wears a kufi, a round, brimless cap common in the region.—
Kayla Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Nov. 2025
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Other traditions were also represented: The opening processional included religious officials wearing a yarmulke (Judaism), a kufi (Islam) and a long black robe (Eastern Orthodox Christianity).—
Blake Nelson,
Mercury News,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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This is a motorcar with a very long bonnet, very long tail and a very short cabin.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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“Fez.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fez. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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