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Recent Examples of top hat
In the Emerald City sequence, two chickens in top hats waddle across a crowd scene.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
For men, dress up like dapper skeletons wearing black suits and white shirts, wide-brimmed hats, like a top hat adorned with roses, and classic skull face makeup.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
While several arrived with the intent of witnessing the contest, others channeled Chalamet channeling Bob Dylan, put on their best top hat to become his version of Willy Wonka, or merely let their locks flow for the full Chalamet effect.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2024
The singer donned a powder blue dress and blond wig, while the record producer wore white face paint, a curly red wig and a top hat.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
For men, dress up like dapper skeletons wearing black suits and white shirts, wide-brimmed hats, like a top hat adorned with roses, and classic skull face makeup.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
While several arrived with the intent of witnessing the contest, others channeled Chalamet channeling Bob Dylan, put on their best top hat to become his version of Willy Wonka, or merely let their locks flow for the full Chalamet effect.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2024
The singer donned a powder blue dress and blond wig, while the record producer wore white face paint, a curly red wig and a top hat.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top hat
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Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
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Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 14 May 2021
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After lunch, Gogi, who is wearing a too-small North Face baseball cap, sits in the garden beside a grandson playing on his phone.Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
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Benji paused, rubbing the edge of his baseball cap and pursing his lips.Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap.Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
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Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
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During tours of the mine, which are narrated by retired miners; visitors wear hard hats and headlamps and ride a train into the mine, just as miners did to get to work.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
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Hammer gets to don a hard hat and go into the cathedral, scheduled to reopen to the public this December, to view the results of five years of painstaking work.Longreads, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
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Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
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It’s one of those ABBA songs that fools you with its mirror ball synths, a classic disco rhythm on the high hat and lush harmonizing.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2021
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One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
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The aesthetic in the room was split between elk-hunting cabin and trendy coffee shop; some people wore jeans, work boots, or cowboy hats, while others were in leggings, puffy jackets, and hoodies.Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
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Case in point: the perfect long layers tucked just so underneath a dove gray cowboy hat.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 30 Dec. 2024
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And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
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Thomas Redgate shows a smiling 24-year-old, a service cap crowning his head, a tan tie and shirt underneath his dress uniform.Denise Coffey, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
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“Top hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20hat. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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