Thesaurus results for HEADGEAR

headgear

noun

ˈhed-ˌgir

Definition of headgear

as in hat

a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown in some states a helmet is required headgear for motorcycle riders

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Recent Examples of headgear Despite neither having professional boxing records, their bout, fought with headgear, was praised for its intensity and athleticism, particularly from Lex, whose jab, length, and coordination proved decisive. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Co-owner, club ambassador, strength and conditioning coach, headgear salesman, charity fundraiser and now kit designer… nobody can accuse JJ Watt of being a passive investor at Burnley. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 31 July 2026 And while Holland has yet to produce any Telemachus method dressing, Zendaya has been Athena incarnate in custom Jacquemus, drapey Khaite, and sculptural vintage Givenchy headgear. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 17 July 2026 Beckham went to the Dallas location and also tried on some Texas headgear at the McKinney Hat Company. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for headgear

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Noun

But even in a crowd of MAGA-hat-toting Republican voters who took a day off school and work to attend a political rally, there was some lingering skepticism about Donalds at the top of the ticket.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Crowds in an anachronistic fashion mashup of 1950s fedoras, 1940s newsboy caps, and 1960s pillbox hats celebrate some undefined New Year’s Eve of yore.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of hat

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Those ideas been ruled out, however, due to the possibility that people would not secure the helmets correctly and that closed cars would hinder emergency evacuations.

— Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
For those who missed it, Stephens hit a sliding Moore in the helmet during the second quarter, knocking Moore out of the game and sending the star quarterback to the hospital down the street on a stretcher.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of helmet

Noun

Mike Mayo, who leads large-cap bank research at Wells Fargo, says John Waldron gives off the affect of an English Lit professor from the Midwest.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
The lack of spending cap explains how this storage unit (one of several in the Salt Lake-Park City area) wound up looking like a Barneys Warehouse sale.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

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