cap and gown
Example Sentences
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A billboard campaign depicted Barrios in a blue cap and gown with the caption, “Who killed my daughter?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
Her mother sold Gibson’s stuffed animals and her own jewelry to afford her high-school graduation cap and gown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
In her graduation photo, De Santiago stares the camera down, resplendent in her black satin cap and gown.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025
Sophia did not wear the typical cap and gown that commencement speakers usually don, but instead wore a black-and-red D’Youville University hoodie.
From New York Times • May 15, 2024
A few minutes later, Mameh followed him out and spoke to him—they were rarely speaking by then—and the next day he came over and gave me the money for my cap and gown.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
