as in cap
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
in those days, no properly dressed person left home without a hat
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Recent Examples of hat
There were a significant number of fans wearing Dodger blue hats and jerseys in the seats on both Monday and Tuesday.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
Federal prosecutors claim that in June 2024, a person sitting outside the coffee shop verbally berated a man who approached wearing a hat with the Star of David on it.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
If Bowers, who grew up in the Boston area, could pass as a grad student on a hike, then Hallett’s leather drover’s hat hints at his experience as a lumberjack.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
The jewel was presented in a velvet case with a hat pin featuring the Austrian Imperial Warrant, most likely dating back to 1868, which reflects the piece’s imperial legacy.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
Federal prosecutors claim that in June 2024, a person sitting outside the coffee shop verbally berated a man who approached wearing a hat with the Star of David on it.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
If Bowers, who grew up in the Boston area, could pass as a grad student on a hike, then Hallett’s leather drover’s hat hints at his experience as a lumberjack.
—Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
The jewel was presented in a velvet case with a hat pin featuring the Austrian Imperial Warrant, most likely dating back to 1868, which reflects the piece’s imperial legacy.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hat
Noun
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The best-case scenario of the robotaxi rollout could essentially double Tesla’s market cap by the end of 2026, Ives said.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are tech giants such as Amazon, Meta and Google, which all have market caps of over $1 trillion.—
Paige Tortorelli,Pippa Stevens,Agne Tolockaite,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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In addition to the explosives, investigators recovered an AR-15 rifle, a long gun, a military-style helmet, a ski mask, and gloves from Krebs’s vehicle, which was parked several blocks from the protest site over the weekend.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2025
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Phorm Energy branding will be seen on fire suits, helmets and fueler gear across Hendrick’s top teams and there will also be brand integration into Hendrick Motorsports’ new 35,000 square foot facility, which will open next year.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Angela Bassett makes a statement with a cane and chapeau combo.—
Elise Wrabetz,
NBC news,
5 May 2025
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Zendaya’s hair was pulled back into a sleek bun beneath her cream chapeau.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
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Doctoring provides powerful tools for getting under the hood, but writing offers ones that dig into the interstitial spaces where our more utilitarian tools falter.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Two things are key: ‘Spatial analytics’ are easy to use—the complexity is under the hood.—
Cindy Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Loughlin, 60, plunged into wedding memories, revealing that Becky's elaborate headdress originally belonged to Loughlin's aunt.—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Though her face, framed by bold brows and often floral headdresses, frequently adorns everything from mural walls to tote bags, less is known about the making of the artist.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Corso’s weekly end-of-show pick during GameDay’s Saturday selections has become a college football tradition; the former coach has made 430 headgear picks.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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While both events will include a military flypast, Trooping the Color offers a more old-fashioned sense of pageantry with those soldiers on horseback, dressed in brightly colored ceremonial uniforms and elaborate headgear.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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“Hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hat. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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