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 Across America, folks lower their sun visor, pop open the mirror cover, and begin their work. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025 Osaka continued the black and white color display with a black visor and black wrist bands with the white Nike logo embossed on the fabric. Julia Teti, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025 And while nearly every commercial vehicle has featured sun visors for decades, little in their overall design has changed. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025 The camera bump, which is commonly referred to as the visor, is an evolution of the Pixel 6, Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 camera bars. Anshel Sag, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for visor
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Noun
  • The colorful board book brims with Ann Diament Koffsky’s buoyant illustrations.
    Penny Schwartz, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Each shade is thoughtfully chosen to evoke an unmistakable ultra-feminine allure.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Lips were metallic, using the Makeup by Mario Ultra Suede Sculpting Lip Pencil in a deep brown shade called Jeff and two of the Blurring Balm Lowlighter by Danessa Myricks in a golden mauve tone, Unbothered, and a cinnamon shade, Off The Grid.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The bill has stalled repeatedly in Congress as opponents argue such measures are no longer needed because the country has changed since the 1960s.
    Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In both cases, the tariff bill isn’t large compared to total sales – but both Topgolf and Amer stocks are down the last month, 17% and 13% respectively.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While Lil Bit of Heaven provides a quiet place to live today, 400,000 people traveled the route during its peak from 1846 to 1869.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
  • And this measured approach hasn’t softened prices across the board: the county remains a seller’s market, and overall luxury values remain near historic peaks.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Visor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visor. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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