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 Fresh new visors feature a coating that should improve astronauts’ visibility, even in scenarios where lunar dust kicks up. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024 Following their walks through the moon dust, Apollo astronauts found regolith obscuring their helmet visors, grinding inside joints of their spacesuits, tracking inside their spacecraft and compromising vacuum seals. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025 This was the Bears’ first road win of the season and their first Sunday afternoon road win since Dec. 26, 2022, when Matt Nagy was still rocking a Bears visor. Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025 His channeling funds into fine-tuning SpaceX’s astro-gear, which features futuristic helmets with instrument readings and other info digitally projected onto golden-colored visors, is only a small part of Isaacman’s incredible philanthropy. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for visor 
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Noun
  • Inside, the Victorian-era home (which was built in 1885) brims with charm, thanks to individual color palettes that delineate its rooms, from the moodier bunk bed quarters to the powdery pastels of the living room.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2025
  • But that said, this is a gorgeous restaurant in many senses: The room is midcentury-modern effervescence, the staff brims with engaged pros, and Namba’s cooking grafts Japanese and French flavors in smart, fresh ways.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s how Southern designers are incorporating yellow in their own projects, plus their tips for decorating with the oft-misunderstood shade.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The royal blue shade and other hues of bright and more muted blue have cropped up in her wardrobe before: a J.W Anderson mini-dress, a silken navy Ferragamo shirt, and a puffball sleeve and skirted Louis Vuitton dress.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
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  • Trump administration vows to rehire DOGE Treasury Department employee who resigned over racist posts Turco said Lincoln, whose likeness is also on the $5 bill, was added to the coin in 1909.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The three lawmakers lead the legislature’s General Law Committee, which held a public hearing on the bill Monday afternoon.
    James Watson, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The second full moon of the year will reach its peak on Wednesday at 8:53 p.m. EDT, according to Space.com.
    Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Pavlova This light, airy meringue relies on egg whites and sugar to achieve billowy peaks.
    Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Visor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visor. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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