stocking cap

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Recent Examples of stocking cap But later, investigators were able to use genetic evidence from a stocking cap found near Schlais’ body to arrest Miller more than 50 years later. Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025 First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap. Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024 Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps. Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024 Then there are some non-edible, but very practical items: his iPad, for example, as well as his trusty stocking cap. Vogue, 30 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for stocking cap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocking cap
Noun
  • Howard sits in a green chair wearing a white t-shirt, a blue baseball cap, a gold chain, jeans, and sneakers.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Jessica, 45, donned a pair of aviators and an oversized red crewneck, while Johnson, 45, was seen sporting a Georgia Institute of Technology baseball cap and a blue button-down shirt over a black T-shirt.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The older Burnett would put on a top hat, a black suit, a red tie and a red handkerchief.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In his first-ever musical role — which later served him well playing the iconic singer Bob Dylan in 2024's A Complete Unknown — Chalamet slips into the comically large top hat of the titular chocolatier first introduced in Roald Dahl's 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.
    Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 14 May 2021
Noun
  • Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • Okay, Emily is wearing a picture hat that makes her previous hat look tiny.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • On the wall beside the door is a photo of Lambert in uniform, his Army garrison cap cocked at a rakish angle, a thin mustache on his upper lip.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 June 2019
Noun
  • The fashion magazine explained that Moretz wore a light blue dress and veil for the ceremony before changing into a white custom jacket and trousers with a cowboy hat for the reception.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • After the show, Post Malone stepped out to thank the audience, wearing a light-wash denim look himself, complete with a white cowboy hat and Luke in Barnwood + Tan boots by Lucchese.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This regulatory void raises concerns about exclusions for pre-existing conditions, potential service caps, and the absence of comprehensive coverage for preventive care.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.
    Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.
    Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021

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“Stocking cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocking%20cap. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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