turban

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Recent Examples of turban Her matching turban completed the unexpected look. Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 Hoja calmly takes off his turban and places it on the villager’s head. Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026 In a brief video that circulated over the holidays among officers of the BART police force, the department’s chief pins a badge on a beaming young officer wearing the turban of his Sikh faith. Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026 Every failure of the state now stains the turban as well as the uniform. Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turban
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turban
Noun
  • Many French fans sported blue jerseys and commemorative berets featuring the 2026 World Cup trophy.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • Queen Camilla wore a red silk crepe dress by Fiona Clare inspired by the Grenadier Guards uniform, paired with a black Philip Treacy beret featuring a white plume and the regiment's cap badge.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
  • Consider using a satin or silk bonnet and pillowcase to reduce friction, prevent breakage, and preserve your hairstyle while sleeping.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Then there is Toby, the fictional, fez-donning cartoon cat that Baseman calls his alter ego.
    Iris Kwok May 12, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Sombrero flick The sombrero flick means different things to different people.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • The rider, who was not wearing a helmet, ran the stop sign and drove into the path of the GMC leading to the crash, police said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • In one study, children ages 7-12 were aware that their parents’ own use of safety items like seat belts, bicycle helmets and sunscreen were significantly less common than the parents’ expectations for the child to use them.
    David C. Schwebel, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.
    Peter Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The van’s windows were smashed and a lone orange traffic cone sat on the hood.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
  • Surveillance footage has since been shared of a man wearing a hood in the extreme heat and hiking at Lohagad Fort, who is believed to be Chaudhary.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • So, there are [memes] of me as Doctor Manhattan with a chain and a dashiki and a kufi and, like, red laser eyes.
    Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • The man in the statue wears a kufi, a round, brimless cap common in the region.
    Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025

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“Turban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turban. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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