variants also vizor
as in brim
the projecting front part of a hat or cap the visor on your baseball cap should provide adequate shade for your eyes

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Recent Examples of visor Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action. Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025 But the sun visors created too much drag and were scrapped in the second-generation design. Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025 The sun visor attachments also rattle incessantly, and the Sennheiser premium sound system can’t even bump loud enough to drown the annoyance out, so perhaps skip that $3,770 option. ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025 When Watkins flipped open the visor of his helmet, Donnelly’s face had turned blue. Don Riddell, CNN Money, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for visor
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Noun
  • The logo is a trio of upside-down piano pedals (a wink to not taking things too seriously), and the brim’s five stitched lines nod to a musical staff.
    Gabby Shacknai, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The wide brim provides shade to more areas of your body, including your face, shoulders, and neck.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Rather than cool or platinum tones, opt for caramel, sand, and honey shades.
    Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The deep red shade is ideal for fall, while the neon pink piping and drawstrings add a unique touch.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Which faction would win such a battle will never be known, however, because a year after the bill was signed and after lengthy negotiations, a compromise was worked out and quickly enacted.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The peak of hurricane season is here, and activity could soon ramp up, despite the relative quiet currently occurring in the tropics, according to meteorologists.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The roller coaster kept climbing higher and dropping lower until a decade and a half ago, when the film and TV star hit a new peak, then imploded.
    Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Visor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visor. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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