as in cap
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
in those days, no properly dressed person left home without a hat
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Recent Examples of hat
In her Charleston studio, Ms. Simmons makes custom hats in addition to restoring older ones.
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Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Rubio has also impressed Trump, wearing so many hats at once that he’s become the subject of memes online.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
The hotel will also embroider initials on all VIP’s hotel robes, and gift their signature baseball hats — which are not for sale — to guests.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Swing by to stock up on T-shirts, sweatshirts, and snapback hats that put a Southland twist on Japanese iconography.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 1 May 2025
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Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Rubio has also impressed Trump, wearing so many hats at once that he’s become the subject of memes online.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
The hotel will also embroider initials on all VIP’s hotel robes, and gift their signature baseball hats — which are not for sale — to guests.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Swing by to stock up on T-shirts, sweatshirts, and snapback hats that put a Southland twist on Japanese iconography.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hat
Noun
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The Oklahoma-born forward has 10 caps for the USMNT, scoring three goals, having made his debut in February 2021.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Cap: The cap design of this wig follows a more traditional style, featuring a full frontal lace with the middle to the back of the wig weft onto a cap.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Thomas was going to be picked off before the next pitch, but first baseman Jared Jones hit him in the back of the helmet with his throw.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2025
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The helmet prevented the bear from splitting his head open like a melon or tearing his face off.—
Benjamin Alva Polley,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Zendaya’s hair was pulled back into a sleek bun beneath her cream chapeau.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
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Angela Bassett makes a statement with a cane and chapeau combo.—
Elise Wrabetz,
NBC news,
5 May 2025
Noun
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That sculpted and vented hood contains the Vantage's 4.0 L twin-turbo V8.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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The vehicle has a long, low-slung exterior with a sculpted hood, a glowing 3D-effect grille, and sharp LED headlights that give it a high-tech, aggressive face.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The image depicts Trump — who is not Catholic — seated on an gilded chair, dressed in white papal vestments and headdress, with one finger raised, in a gesture that evokes Christ and other religious figures’ hand symbols in Christian iconography.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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In museums, art by Indigenous people has been seen as artifact, not intervention or complex storytelling — reduced to dream catchers, headdresses and pottery, repackaged for nostalgia and sale.—
Petala Ironcloud,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Corso, known for his popular headgear segment, has been a fixture of the network’s college football coverage for 38 years.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Are there other examples of players wearing protective headgear in games?—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hat. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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