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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
the bride will be wearing a flowing veil fastened to a pearl-covered headpiece
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as in intellect
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
she has looks and personality but not much in the way of a headpiece
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Recent Examples of headpiece
Ethan’s asymmetrical butterfly dress has a halter neck and a headpiece.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
With her signature red lip and long blonde hair, Swift appears to bite her index finger while a bejeweled headpiece blocks one of her eyes from view.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
However, royal fans fell in love with Charlotte's outfit, including her headpiece which matched her mother Kate's silver bullion and crystal flower crown by Jess Collet and Alexander McQueen.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Aligning with her ornate headpiece and jewelry, the René Caovilla shoes live up to their moniker.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
With her signature red lip and long blonde hair, Swift appears to bite her index finger while a bejeweled headpiece blocks one of her eyes from view.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
However, royal fans fell in love with Charlotte's outfit, including her headpiece which matched her mother Kate's silver bullion and crystal flower crown by Jess Collet and Alexander McQueen.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Aligning with her ornate headpiece and jewelry, the René Caovilla shoes live up to their moniker.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headpiece
Noun
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In another video, Twiggs appears to be seen wearing a yellow hat with ears opening a cookie tin.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s also made the industry lazier and more reliant on us to wear all the hats.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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With his new book, Pan, Clune has turned his cockeyed sensibility and coruscating intellect to fiction.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tradition muted palette gets a graphic update courtesy of pops of color informed by school pennants, an LV monogram tartan, as well as on theme embroideries and crests that extend to small accessories in the form of what are sure to be covetable caps, scarves, and ties.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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For steak main courses, wagyu from Snake River Farms Melba, Idaho, is offered as an 8-ounce filet or 6-ounce ribeye top cap.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Managing and interpreting the flood of data would be impossible without machine intelligence.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Counterterrorism strategies must continue to adapt to meet this evolving battleground, leveraging not only military and intelligence tools but also public-private partnerships with tech platforms, AI monitoring, and global diplomacy.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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According to the news release, the driver of the motorcycle, who has not been identified, was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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After three different designs, all created by Villareal, the brand committee landed on the helmet that will be worn against App State.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bryce Young has to be better After building up an immense sense of goodwill, locally and nationally, with his second-half performance from last year, Young essentially melted away in the Jacksonville heat.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Giving people a greater sense of agency.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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In many cases, the two reasons amount to the same thing, with the same cause.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The second reason is that these aura battler designs were very complex and full of curves as well as weird angles.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Headpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headpiece. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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