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a round garment worn on the head with a tight band and a top that is flat, soft, and loose
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Recent Examples of beret
He’s hired by the former head librarian, Mr. Koyasu, a gentleman in his 70s who wears a navy-blue beret and a skirt.
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Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
This cashmere blend beret, $19.99 on Amazon, is soft and comfortable.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
While Jones may not be a household name, visitors will probably have seen his creations, ranging from the soft berets worn by Princess Diana in the ‘80s to Rihanna’s bishop hat for the 2018 Met Gala.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
Background players in period costume — an ill-fitting brown suit, a longshoreman’s jacket (no berets, thankfully) — walked back and forth holding a briefcase, a cigarette and a shopping bag (no baguettes, thankfully).
—Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
This cashmere blend beret, $19.99 on Amazon, is soft and comfortable.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
While Jones may not be a household name, visitors will probably have seen his creations, ranging from the soft berets worn by Princess Diana in the ‘80s to Rihanna’s bishop hat for the 2018 Met Gala.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
Background players in period costume — an ill-fitting brown suit, a longshoreman’s jacket (no berets, thankfully) — walked back and forth holding a briefcase, a cigarette and a shopping bag (no baguettes, thankfully).
—Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beret
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Rather than sweeping robes and turbans, Scherzinger spends most of the play barefoot, wearing a simple black slip.Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
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Nasrallah, who often invoked both God and guns with a distinctive lisp, wore a black turban signifying his descent from the Prophet Muhammad.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
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Couldn’t imagine the owner of San Francisco Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star restaurant Atelier Crenn and one of the most respected toques in the world doing anything less, right?DeMarco Williams, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Stan Michalski is the top toque in the Victorian house kitchen.Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
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This pick from Sam Edelman is a seasonal spin on a classic leather jacket with faux shearling on the notched collar, cuffs, and hemline, adding a layer of warmth perfect for winter in Paris — especially when worn with a stylish cashmere scarf and fedora.Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
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Partway through the show, Rauw stepped onstage in a coat and fedora, bringing a vintage salsa vibe to the setlist.Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Its bright center and the prominent, thick dust encircling its heart give it the appearance of a Mexican sombrero hat, hence its more charming nickname.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Members of the former are alleged to sport tattoos of a skull with Nazi imagery and an AK-47, while members of the latter are allegedly known for their matching tattoos of a skeleton outfitted with a sombrero, bandolier and pistol.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Add whole cloves to this, Scotch bonnets to that, maybe some parsley and thyme?Lesley Enston, Bon Appétit, 23 Oct. 2024
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She was last seen wearing a black crop top shirt with white lettering, blue jeans with rips in them and a dark purple bonnet.Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
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Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Louboutin, wearing a fez, brought Natasha Poonawalla in a face-framing Harris Reed creation.Miles Socha, WWD, 6 Oct. 2024
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Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
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Despite tapping his helmet, Kurtz said his coaches didn't pull him out.Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Eglin flight, given the gentle Florida clime, would only require a standard flight suit, G-pants, helmet and oxygen mask.Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Beret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beret. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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