headband
noun
head·band
ˈhed-ˌband 
1
: a band worn on or around the head
2
: a narrow strip of cloth sewn or glued by hand to a book at the extreme ends of the spine
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Hamas still alive but weakened When the Israeli hostages were released Sunday, they were surrounded by masked, armed Hamas militants, in green headbands and chanting slogans, who marched through streets no longer under Israeli bombardment.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Patent leather pumps, gold hoops and a thin tortoiseshell headband completed her ensemble.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
Michaels arrived for his first day with long hair encircled by a hippie headband.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
The Beats Studio Pro have a comfortable headband that isn’t too tight and exerts less clamping force than the Sony XM5s.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Patent leather pumps, gold hoops and a thin tortoiseshell headband completed her ensemble.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
Michaels arrived for his first day with long hair encircled by a hippie headband.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
The Beats Studio Pro have a comfortable headband that isn’t too tight and exerts less clamping force than the Sony XM5s.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Headband.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headband. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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headband
noun
head·band
-ˌband
: a band worn on or around the head
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