hard hat

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Recent Examples of hard hat Five years after the plans dropped, Arsene Wenger turned up on site in his orange Wellington boots and a hard hat as part of the topping-out ceremony that celebrates the completion of the structure of a new building. Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 The boss gave Bevacqua a white hard hat and a yellow safety vest and drove him to the left-field mezzanine in a golf cart. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025 Dressed in a hard hat and neon green vest, Kennedy walked through the construction site, pointing out special features in each building designed to promote safety, sustainability and hurricane protection. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025 The tour operator provides a hard hat, knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, and a headlamp for each participant, but be sure to wear sturdy lace-up boots and long sleeves and pants. Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard hat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard hat
Noun
  • Instead of high hats, use wall washers, which bounce light off the walls and space.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Soriano designed his all-black outfit featuring a dramatic black top hat.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Momoa wore brown pants and an olive vest, finishing the look with a top hat and sunglasses.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • While at the club, Simpson walked by three men who made a comment about his Chicago Cubs baseball cap.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
  • On Soho's Carnaby Street, an NFL pop-up shop sells blue-and-gold London Games jerseys and bomber jackets, while the New Era baseball cap shop has Jaguars and Rams hats on pedestals in the window.
    Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This regulatory void raises concerns about exclusions for pre-existing conditions, potential service caps, and the absence of comprehensive coverage for preventive care.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.
    Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • The arrest has drawn widespread attention, as the child had just returned home from preschool with his father and was wearing a Spider Man backpack and blue stocking cap with bunny ears when detained.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Shaped like a teddy bear, the cup also has a green Starbucks stocking cap and a straw.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • Okay, Emily is wearing a picture hat that makes her previous hat look tiny.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Bianco, who is often seen sporting a cowboy hat, grew up in a small mining town in Utah, moving to Southern California in 1989.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Gamers who purchase the pass will immediately receive a pink costume, complete with glittered cowboy hat.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Hard hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20hat. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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