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Recent Examples of top hat
This was a new guitar-wielding D’Angelo, in a bandana or a top hat, more Sly and George Clinton than seductive soul crooner.
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Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Zweig ended up donating a vast collection to us, including that John Lennon piano, Jimi Hendrix’s Marshall amplifier and one of his effects pedals, and some wardrobe from Madonna, and the top hat worn by Elton John on the cover of his album A Single Man, among others.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Jessa Barniol, 38, a graphic designer and history buff who works as a tour guide at the Sacramento History Museum in Old Sacramento, had a faux dragon perched on her shoulder like a parrot and wore a top hat festooned with a pair of goggles.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Gregg Donovan, who donned a black top hat and red blazer, carried a laminated sign welcoming Kimmel back.
—Sarah Whitten,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
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Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Zweig ended up donating a vast collection to us, including that John Lennon piano, Jimi Hendrix’s Marshall amplifier and one of his effects pedals, and some wardrobe from Madonna, and the top hat worn by Elton John on the cover of his album A Single Man, among others.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Jessa Barniol, 38, a graphic designer and history buff who works as a tour guide at the Sacramento History Museum in Old Sacramento, had a faux dragon perched on her shoulder like a parrot and wore a top hat festooned with a pair of goggles.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Gregg Donovan, who donned a black top hat and red blazer, carried a laminated sign welcoming Kimmel back.
—Sarah Whitten,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top hat
Noun
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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
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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
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It has been played at multiple Dodger games, and Lamar is known for representing the city of Los Angeles, throwing out the first pitch at a Dodger game before and sporting their signature baseball cap.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her glam was sporty, with her hair gathered in a tight chignon at the base of her baseball cap and clean, serene makeup.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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Okay, Emily is wearing a picture hat that makes her previous hat look tiny.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Both of them wore their stocking caps pulled down beneath the hoods of their anoraks.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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When Mitchell broke into the house, she was dressed in all black, with a black stocking cap, and carried items such as a covered flashlight and a prybar.—
Ingrid Harbo,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Five years after the plans dropped, Arsene Wenger turned up on site in his orange Wellington boots and a hard hat as part of the topping-out ceremony that celebrates the completion of the structure of a new building.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The boss gave Bevacqua a white hard hat and a yellow safety vest and drove him to the left-field mezzanine in a golf cart.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead of high hats, use wall washers, which bounce light off the walls and space.—
Adam Shell,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2022
Noun
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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
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.—
William Finnegan,
The New Yorker,
15 May 2021
Noun
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Wilson was pictured standing next to the field and wearing a white cowboy hat and an LAFC jersey, smiling and cheering during the second half of the game.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The show wrapped up with Tonioli stripping down to a shiny gold tank top and cowboy hat.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Top hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20hat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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