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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
the bride will be wearing a flowing veil fastened to a pearl-covered headpiece
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as in intellect
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
she has looks and personality but not much in the way of a headpiece
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Recent Examples of headpiece
What kind of headpieces, what kind of coats, what kind of footwear?
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
What people are saying Fans quickly took to social media and roasted Jaden's headpiece.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
The dress—adorned with cowrie shells, Black Swarovski crystals, and crowned with a stunning headpiece made a statement.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 3 Feb. 2025
The spacious dining room is decked out with Afghan artifacts like native drums and headpieces, and from the ceiling droop hundreds of colorful swatches that are meant to recall poppies.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
What people are saying Fans quickly took to social media and roasted Jaden's headpiece.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
The dress—adorned with cowrie shells, Black Swarovski crystals, and crowned with a stunning headpiece made a statement.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 3 Feb. 2025
The spacious dining room is decked out with Afghan artifacts like native drums and headpieces, and from the ceiling droop hundreds of colorful swatches that are meant to recall poppies.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headpiece
Noun
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Develop Hybrid Skills: If leadership roles are shifting, employees who can wear multiple hats will have an advantage.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Topping off his look, meanwhile, was a brimmed sailor’s hat made out of paper.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
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And certainly, in the playoffs in the end of the year, Jayden Daniels sitting in the pocket, beating pressure, so much of that again with his poise and intellect and accuracy with his arm, and again, just really, really rare to see that.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Feb. 2025
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While all of this is going on, Rowan, trapped in the Victrola (which Julien has staged like a Victorian pub, for some reason), is just blowing through lore exposition thanks to her suddenly unencumbered intellect.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2025
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The Cubs still have about $36 million in cap space, according to Spotrac, but based on Ricketts’ comments this offseason, they are not expected to use it.—
Jared Wyllys,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The cost isn’t an impediment to roster construction with the salary cap rising.—
Eric Stephens,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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But the main obstruction in that regard had been the reckless Justice Department policy of preventing intelligence agents and criminal investigators from communicating.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
1 Mar. 2025
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Trump said after he was asked about the potential for intelligence cooperation.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes referred to as monkshood or helmet flower, the different species of wolfsbane produce flowers that resemble sloped hoods or helmets: for Aconitum napellus, these range from purple to blue, whereas those of Aconitum lycoctonum are yellow.—
Laura Murphy,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Feb. 2025
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Unlike instant replay challenges that come off the bench from the manager, only the catcher, pitcher or hitter can challenge the umpire’s pitch call by immediately tapping his cap or helmet.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article Junior forward Rob McGowan has a sense of the Washington Township boys basketball team’s history.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Not much can be made of the expressions on their faces, but the contorted bodies are sketched to reveal a sense—even evoke a sound—of intermittent agony.—
Emmanuel Iduma,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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For that reason, Richardson usually doesn't agree to sit down for other productions.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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For some reason, filmmakers have long been of the opinion that hired assassins are just like us, worried about such things as getting older and job security.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Headpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headpiece. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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