headdress

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Recent Examples of headdress 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 The coins were likely in Serbia during the 1920s and 1930s, and were often used in typical Balkan necklaces and headdresses. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025 The singer is also seen in the video wearing a shirt featuring pieces of a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn in some parts of the Middle East and viewed largely as a symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli military occupation. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025 Queen Victoria created the unit in 1900 after an adviser suggested that the Irish regiments should wear shamrocks on their headdress every St. Patrick's Day as a nod to the crown's appreciation for their gallantry during the Boer War, the British Army said. Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headdress
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Noun
  • Tailored suits, colorful dresses, crisp sneakers, and stylish hats were all in rotation.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 May 2025
  • The hat was custom-made to match Princess Diana’s Belville Sassoon peach pink colored skirt suits.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Del Toro, casually dressed in a puffer jacket and a cap, says with a puzzled expression conveying his genuine shock at a Beverly Hills hotel.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • With a market cap of over $322 billion, Ethereum became the world’s 39th largest asset, in the good company of firms like Coca-Cola and Alibaba’s stocks.
    Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The driver of the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda signed an agreement on March 28 to adorn the school’s logo on his helmet and driver suit for the entire 16-race IndyCar season.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 23 May 2025
  • The next moment, the boys are wearing boxing gloves and sparring helmets.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025

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“Headdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headdress. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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