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Recent Examples of top hat
The cherry on top was the star's matching flat top hat.
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Brittany Talarico, People.com, 6 May 2025
Combined with a bedazzled and whimsical top hat, the shape of the ensemble evoked 18th-century silhouettes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2025
That includes on the concourse and in the home clubhouse, though the stadium’s seats still have top hat insignias on them.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
In the 1950s, the Groundhog Club decided their honor and respect for Phil required them to wear top hats and tuxedos, says Dereume, the prognosticating rodent's handler.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Talarico, People.com, 6 May 2025
Combined with a bedazzled and whimsical top hat, the shape of the ensemble evoked 18th-century silhouettes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2025
That includes on the concourse and in the home clubhouse, though the stadium’s seats still have top hat insignias on them.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
In the 1950s, the Groundhog Club decided their honor and respect for Phil required them to wear top hats and tuxedos, says Dereume, the prognosticating rodent's handler.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 31 Jan. 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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Sporting a military-style hooded jacket and baseball cap, Eminem joined Jelly Roll in loping down a ramp that led to the middle of the stadium floor, mugging for each other and for the video camera.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
19 May 2025
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Von, wearing a black T-shirt and a backward baseball cap, took the stage before Trump and delivered a routine that included jokes about drugs, disabilities, homosexuality, terrorism and Qatari culture.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Friends sent me stocking caps, soft blankets, fingerless gloves and slip-on shoes.—
Amy Bizzarri,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Donning stocking caps and bundled up in winter coats against an April chill, hundreds of protesters held picket signs along the sidewalks of Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Main Street.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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His Cabinet gathered in the Rose Garden alongside supporters wearing hard hats and reflective vests—a stagy reference to all the manufacturing jobs that would presumably be flooding back to U.S. soil.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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While hard hats were not required, the team donned pads for the first time as the players pushed through the first three practices, emphasizing the fundamentals and instilling a sense of effort.—
Matt Murschel,
Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2025
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Carter Beauford, perhaps the most unheralded drummer in music, busied himself with syncopated patterns and dizzying high hat on the song.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
20 Oct. 2024
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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
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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In the snap, Harry donned an olive green cowboy hat paired with a gray shacket, dark jeans and a black T-shirt while Meghan turned heads in an off-the-shoulder denim dress from one of her favorite brands Carolina Herrera.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Yes, many families absolutely lean into the dress code of cowboy boots, lariats, cowboy hats and other committed interpretations of cowboy formal.—
Margaux Lushing,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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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
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And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.—
Ostap Kin,
The New York Review of Books,
23 Mar. 2022
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“Top hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20hat. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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