skullcap

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Recent Examples of skullcap In many ways the pillbox hat is the perfect winter successor to the crochet skullcaps that were all over Copenhagen Fashion Week this August. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 6 Nov. 2025 Each round is drenched in 0.45% white willow bark (a.k.a. BHA) to clear blackheads and minimize the look of pores, 4.5% citric acid to smooth uneven texture, and cypress tree leaf and skullcap to curb sebum production. Sarah Han, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025 Riley, who entered the courtroom wearing a white skullcap and a bright orange jumpsuit, had been scheduled for a detention hearing. Carrie Johnson, NPR, 26 Aug. 2025 The assailant then physically assaulted the father, knocking him to the ground and tossing his kippah away, a traditional skullcap worn by observant Jewish men. Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for skullcap
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Noun
  • Bloom was photographed inside the suite talking to Graves, Foxx, and Mike Majlak while wearing an orange and black Raising Cane football helmet on his head.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Heraskevych has been fighting to compete in the helmet, which features images of the Ukrainian athletes who either died fighting or were killed in attacks.
    NBC News, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
  • With Khamenei’s regime, and his life, on the line, the resistance instinct must be warring with the survival instinct beneath that black turban.
    Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Some relied on layers and keeping hoods up, while others said their mindset made all the difference.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The trench doubles as a raincoat and features a detachable hood to keep your hair safe and sound on drizzly days.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Kardashian paired her velvet set with sheer stockings, patent leather pumps, a beret, and cat-eye sunglasses.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But Bill Murray was in this velvet tuxedo with a burgundy beret on.
    Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The bonnet-and-cloak outfit was largely inspired by a can of Old Dutch cleaning solution.
    Will Croxton, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The company says its solution allows solar panels to be integrated directly into the hood, bonnet, and roof of a vehicle.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to his priestly robes, Pohlmeier wore a violet zucchetto, or skull cap, and a golden pectoral cross.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022
  • After a couple of minutes, he was given his own zucchetto, and left the stage, to applause.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The man in the statue wears a kufi, a round, brimless cap common in the region.
    Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Other traditions were also represented: The opening processional included religious officials wearing a yarmulke (Judaism), a kufi (Islam) and a long black robe (Eastern Orthodox Christianity).
    Blake Nelson, Mercury News, 18 July 2025

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“Skullcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skullcap. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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