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Recent Examples of miter
Original price: $169 Metabo’s 10-inch compound miter saw is a portable, beginner-friendly miter saw.
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The cardinals who elected the 267th pontiff a day earlier were seen dressed in white traditional white vestments and tall miters, sitting in rows of chairs underneath Michelangelo's vaulted ceiling.
—Zoë Richards, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Vestments: amice, alb, cincture, and simple white miter.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis was laid out in red robes, clasping a rosary and wearing a bishop’s miter, the traditional pointed headdress.
—Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
The cardinals who elected the 267th pontiff a day earlier were seen dressed in white traditional white vestments and tall miters, sitting in rows of chairs underneath Michelangelo's vaulted ceiling.
—Zoë Richards, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Vestments: amice, alb, cincture, and simple white miter.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis was laid out in red robes, clasping a rosary and wearing a bishop’s miter, the traditional pointed headdress.
—Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miter
Noun
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Noun
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The stalling momentum has come as the major market indexes haven’t moved beyond a small price range either, despite rotation under the hood .—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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Cars line up at all hours, hoods serving as makeshift tables while drivers unwrap sandwiches still warm from the press.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In addition to his priestly robes, Pohlmeier wore a violet zucchetto, or skull cap, and a golden pectoral cross.—
Frank E. Lockwood,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2022
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After a couple of minutes, he was given his own zucchetto, and left the stage, to applause.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Playing in 20-degree weather, the Canadians covered their heads with toques, flat caps, and berets.—
Lee Glandorf,
Outside,
2 Feb. 2026
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Formerly the executive toque at Stockholm’s Frantzén—one of the best restaurants in the world—Jernmark is offering up a four-course menu with no official wine pairings, for a much more relaxed environment that evokes California cool.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Every failure of the state now stains the turban as well as the uniform.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Police said the thief was wearing a skullcap and a black hooded sweat shirt.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The collection includes fabrics and objects that had served daily domestic functions and rare ritual ones: shrine covers and skullcaps, costumes and carpets.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Folks in the South will recognize ingredients like oxtails and butter beans, which are combined with Jamaican green seasoning, Scotch bonnet, and allspice in Fowles's recipe.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Look at him carrying his baby to the park, to the market, to the playground; tying a bonnet to her head; slathering her plump pink arms with organic sunblock.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
29 Dec. 2025
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Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Miter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miter. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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