variants also vizor
as in brim
the projecting front part of a hat or cap the visor on your baseball cap should provide adequate shade for your eyes

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Recent Examples of visor At the same time, responsible usage could actually offer a driver’s field of view that traditional visors obstruct. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025 If Neel didn’t have blue skin and an elephant-like trunk, and if KB didn’t wear a Geordi LaForge-looking cybernetic visor, and if their school wasn’t partially staffed by droids, most of the early scenes could actually take place on contemporary earth. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024 Tiny first-person-view drones, weighing just a few pounds and controlled remotely by a human operator wearing a visor displaying the drone’s front-facing camera feed, can get close enough—and can also squeeze into tight spaces. David Axe, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 The visor is also specifically positioned for maximizing airflow without compromising protection, and the liner is removable for washing and odor management. Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for visor
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Noun
  • Martinez suggests that tall hats can create the illusion of height for petite figures, while wide brims generally complement taller individuals.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Retailing at $235 at full price and now marked down to $188, the style is available in two different brims.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fine details of fur and bark are clearly visible both in sunlight and under shade, with the mini-LED backlight keeping the sunny parts of the frame bright and the shadowy parts dark.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
  • More and more designers are offering wedding looks in colorful hues to provide options for those who don’t want to stick to one shade over the course of their celebrations.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • More: Could a GOP bill prevent some married women from voting?
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Just last week, the Florida House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would limit the governor’s role in university governance, including a provision barring him and members of his administration from discussing job vacancies.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Economic news Consumer sentiment was at the lowest since 2022, which marked the peak of the post-pandemic inflation spike, in the second April reading from the University of Michigan.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • On the western slope of the northern Sierra Nevada and western Plumas County, up to 10 inches of snow will be possible over the highest peaks, with winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Visor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visor. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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