fedora

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Recent Examples of fedora People are always threatening the return of indie sleaze, but nothing fits my understanding of the concept more than cheekily trying on someone else’s fedora at a carpeted house party. Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 There’s a kinetic L.A. noir riff, in which the studio head, donning a trench coat and fedora, takes it upon himself to investigate the disappearance of a reel of the Chinatown rip-off Olivia Wilde is directing. Judy Berman, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025 Her look was topped off with a layered fedora and leather gloves. Michelle Lee, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025 Wearing a fedora and dressed in a splendid charcoal three-piece suit, Thornton, near the start of the jersey retirement ceremony, came out of the Sharks dressing room, dapped up all of the current Sharks players, and walked out from beneath the Sharks head one final time. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fedora
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fedora
Noun
  • Her father, wearing a gray beret, an orange shirt and what appeared to be gray slacks, came on screen and mouthed the next bridge of the song.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Everyone is almost always wearing berets and striped shirts, while extras roam the streets in mime makeup.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
  • At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • The victim was also believed to not have been wearing a helmet, according to the CHP.
    Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Police said McDonald was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But the popular image of a mariachi ensemble as an ensemble dressed in black with big sombrero charros persists.
    Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the clothes belonged to Joaquín: a crisp pair of tan Lee jeans, rarely worn; several pairs of boots; a box of sombreros.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • He was last seen wearing a yellow shirt with yellow pants, a Carhartt-type jacket, and an orange hat.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The hat yai chicken nuggets ($9) are marinated and served with a sweet & sour dip made of fish sauce, white peppercorn and cilantro stems.
    Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In a portrait that is emblematic of her art, Gottfried photographed a circus entertainer dressed in a top hat and white tie, accompanied by his two canine partners, also formally attired, the large Doberman pinscher in a white tie and a turban, the miniature pinscher with a frilly collar.
    Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Arabian Knight has a flying carpet and a turban, as if a stripper service sent you Beefcake Prince of Persia.
    Darren Franich, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And by the way, those wild, wild horses aren't actually under the hood.
    Joe Salas, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The Analyst agent operates alongside the Researcher within the Copilot ecosystem but with a different approach under the hood.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At least that’s what the horse wearing a fez just told me* in a dream.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
  • At least that's what the horse wearing a fez just told me* in a dream.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Fedora.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fedora. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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