as in caps
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 hats
Skirts, shorts, tracksuit bottoms, hats, headbands, wristbands and socks must be completely white (allowing for one centimeter of trim).
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Viking hats, national jerseys and a sea of red filled the gallery as chants followed Hovland from the first tee through the finish.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The exhibit features clothing from the museum’s collection, including wedding gowns, hats, swimsuits, mourning clothes and accouterments.
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Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
Most nonprofit leaders are wearing too many hats, and marketing is usually the first thing that gets done poorly, or not at all.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
But as the sun set over the West Side Highway, hundreds of dollars of leftover L’Industrie pizza sat untouched in boxes as spare Statue of Liberty hats went unworn.
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Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Polo shirts, tracksuits, sweaters, hats, wristbands and socks are all offered in green and white, embroidered with a small goat.
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Mary Wenthur,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
The whole Pride Night controversy started two weeks ago when four players wrote Bible verses on their rainbow hats, and the fallout ever since has been disastrous.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
The hats are shaped like the pope's miter, with the team's sock logo in the middle.
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CBS News,
25 June 2026
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Viking hats, national jerseys and a sea of red filled the gallery as chants followed Hovland from the first tee through the finish.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The exhibit features clothing from the museum’s collection, including wedding gowns, hats, swimsuits, mourning clothes and accouterments.
—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
Most nonprofit leaders are wearing too many hats, and marketing is usually the first thing that gets done poorly, or not at all.
—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
But as the sun set over the West Side Highway, hundreds of dollars of leftover L’Industrie pizza sat untouched in boxes as spare Statue of Liberty hats went unworn.
—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Polo shirts, tracksuits, sweaters, hats, wristbands and socks are all offered in green and white, embroidered with a small goat.
—
Mary Wenthur,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
The whole Pride Night controversy started two weeks ago when four players wrote Bible verses on their rainbow hats, and the fallout ever since has been disastrous.
—
Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
The hats are shaped like the pope's miter, with the team's sock logo in the middle.
—
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hats
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The bill also created new caps for federal loans for both professional and graduate students.
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The bill also established new borrowing caps for parents and graduate students who take out loans, and imposed new restrictions for Pell Grants, among other measures.
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Decked out in Vikings helmets, Norway jerseys and shirts, and even a few with face paint, the Norwegian fans’ chants reverberated at Citi Field.
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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.
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Inside the iconic Cuban bar turned Scottish hotspot, the Tartan Army hollered as dancers dressed in green and yellow feather headdresses danced on top of the Ball & Chain bar.
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Her male counterparts were also well represented, with pharaohs donning headdresses of various eras, their outfits playing on the contrast between polished, hammered, engraved and even beaded golds.
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From the kinds of cabinets that are no longer in style, to various appliance types, range hoods, and more, the professionals will guide you as to what can stay and what kitchen features should be left in 2010.
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Federal regulators don’t collect much data about the heights of vehicles’ hoods.
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Skin was on display, sequins were sparkling and the headpieces were taller than ever.
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The most complicated headpieces to make, according to Gee, were the poppies and the jitterbugs.
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“Hats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hats. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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