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Recent Examples of cowl
Barbara is wearing a bright cowl neck sweater with silver jewelry.
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Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
The straps in the back are adjustable for a custom fit, while the cowl neckline is elegant and provides full coverage of the chest.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 3 June 2025
The neckline of the dress featured subtle fabric draping for a slight cowl neck and the straps included small gold D letters for Dior.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 May 2025
Scout went for an entirely different look in a medium brown georgette gown with a cowl neckline and draping that created a ruching effect across her waist.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 13 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
The straps in the back are adjustable for a custom fit, while the cowl neckline is elegant and provides full coverage of the chest.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 3 June 2025
The neckline of the dress featured subtle fabric draping for a slight cowl neck and the straps included small gold D letters for Dior.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 May 2025
Scout went for an entirely different look in a medium brown georgette gown with a cowl neckline and draping that created a ruching effect across her waist.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowl
Noun
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The three characters, who make up the Monsters Cereal lineup, are each in their signature look: Count Chocula sports his brown cape, Boo Berry wears his yellow hat and red bow-tie, and Franken Berry is decked out in his monochrome strawberry-pink ensemble.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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To reach the cape, take a ferry to Moreton Island and walk the Cape Moreton track to the Cape Moreton Lighthouse, Queensland’s only stone lighthouse.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Under the hood, the 2001 Prelude featured a standard naturally aspirated 2.2-liter four-cylinder (H22A4 VTEC engine), rated at 200 horsepower and 156 lb-ft of torque, which sent all the power to the front wheels.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Over the course of his five-Oscar career, Francis Coppola has many times gone back under the hood of even his greatest films like Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, to recut and improve versions for posterity.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.—
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
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Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)—
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
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Alvin’s Island Made—Hot Pepper Hot Sauce: Made from fruity Scotch bonnet peppers, this small-batch Caribbean-style sauce packs the heat and flavor.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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Mamdani win sends Dem shockwaves Shake Shack’s Dubai chocolate shake 🎤️ NATO SUMMIT The bee in Trump’s bonnet: The White House has spent today disputing several news outlets’ reporting that the U.S. strikes against Iran did not decimate the country’s nuclear program.—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Pack a poncho or raincoat and bring layers to prepare for unpredictable Texas weather.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The doll slips around the side of the building, her poncho scratching across the wall as perspiration spreads under the mask.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Players warming up without certain pads or helmets.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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Uniforms and helmets of all 12 Mountain West teams were displayed in a hallway at the media days event.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 July 2025
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Last night, Anya Taylor-Joy attended the premiere of her film The Gorge in a strapless white Dior minidress with a pleated capelet that fanned out like wings.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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Her third dress of the night was extra special, as her sister, Natali Germanotta, made the teal crepe back satin silk velvet dress with a feather capelet for her.—
Hedy Phillips,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.—
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
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On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.—
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
30 Mar. 2015
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“Cowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowl. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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