as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
in some states a helmet is required headgear for motorcycle riders
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Recent Examples of headgear
Will someone else put on the mascot headgear to continue and honor Corso’s tradition?
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Corso has worn 69 schools’ mascot headgear and has dressed up as Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish leprechaun, the Stanford tree and historic figures James Madison and Benjamin Franklin.
—Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
After that, Corso’s headgear selection was long one of the show’s most popular bits.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The awkwardness is all hilarious, though, especially watching a young Joan Cusack attempt to use the water fountain in orthodontic headgear.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Corso has worn 69 schools’ mascot headgear and has dressed up as Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish leprechaun, the Stanford tree and historic figures James Madison and Benjamin Franklin.
—Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
After that, Corso’s headgear selection was long one of the show’s most popular bits.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The awkwardness is all hilarious, though, especially watching a young Joan Cusack attempt to use the water fountain in orthodontic headgear.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headgear
Noun
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In another video, Twiggs appears to be seen wearing a yellow hat with ears opening a cookie tin.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s also made the industry lazier and more reliant on us to wear all the hats.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The camera department also attached RED Komodo cameras to Withers to capture his perspective during intense sports scenes, and at other moments simply attached a football helmet to the lens and had Wayans yell into it to replicate Cam’s point of view.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Kylo Ren helmet sits at the top of our best Lego Star Wars helmets page thanks to its striking and stunning look and its noticeable lack of stickers.—
Alexander Cox,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Airlines can’t impose arbitrary refund caps based on fare class in that situation.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Less comfortable, but much, much funnier are the old-timey swim caps adorned with colorful rubber flowers.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Headgear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headgear. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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