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 Keep the visor flipped down to direct warm air toward the windshield for faster results. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 The sleek number consisted of a skirt of studded strips, tight green bandage top, and spiky visor. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2025 The new flagship is one of the boldest-looking Ferrari’s yet thanks to a low-slung design that incorporates a Daytona SP3-esque headlight visor, F40-style wheel arches, and a set of butterfly doors. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025 Fresh new visors feature a coating that should improve astronauts’ visibility, even in scenarios where lunar dust kicks up. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for visor
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Noun
  • Lyrically, the song brims with imagery of rural living — wide open plains, John Deere tractors and glowing red sunsets — while the song’s protagonist dreams of building a family and a future in those same, slow-rolling rural settings.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2025
  • That Hat Melania Trump’s hat briefly stole the show at her husband’s inauguration on Monday, with its wide, face-shielding brim that seemed to prevent him from kissing her.
    Trish Bendix, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Stockman Products The biggest generational changes come out back in the galley, which still relies on the full-height hatch to provide plenty of shade and weather coverage overhead.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Botanical Name: Iris reticulata Sun Exposure: Full sun, partial shade Soil Type: Nutrient-rich, well-draining Soil pH: Neutral (6.5-7.5) 07 of 11 Giant Snowdrop A bulbous perennial in the amaryllis family, Giant Snowdrops produce large, solitary white flowers.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Medicaid pays for 6 out of 10 of residents in nursing homes, with 5.6 million Americans counting on Medicaid for their long-term care bills.
    Nik Popli / Washington, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The Budget Committee then incorporates all those bills into one big bill that's considered by the House and the Senate.
    Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • During peak travel season, this number can soar to upwards of 5,000 airplanes flying per hour.
    Essence, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The congestion pricing plan charges passenger vehicles $9 to access Manhattan below 60th Street during peak hours as part of an effort to ease congestion and raise funds for the city's public transit system.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Visor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visor. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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