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as in skull
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth I hit my head as I went through the low doorway

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as in foam
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid the head on the ice cream soda rose a good two inches above the rim of the glass

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as in headwater
the beginning part of a stream Lake Itasca in Minnesota is the head of the Mississippi River

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as in user
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally a shop near campus where all the heads used to get their paraphernalia

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as in heading
a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize rechecked to make sure that all the heads were in boldface

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to be at the front of heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed

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as in to go
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road to riches headed north, thought many, as off they went to Alaska to try their luck at panning gold

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as in to aim
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal after a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home

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as in to decapitate
to cut off the head of got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle

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adjective

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Recent Examples of head
Noun
Turning this on its head, the susceptibility of Bose– Thilo Stöferle, Ars Technica, 18 July 2017 Head over to PCWorld’s comprehensive Windows 10 Creators Update review for the full rundown and extensive hands-on impressions, or our round-up of the Creators Update’s best new features. Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 17 July 2017
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Those headed to Asheville can help with debris removal and rebuilding projects through All Hands and Hearts and the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, while Los Angeles visitors can volunteer with L.A. Works to repair homes, assemble food packages and organize clothes for survivors. Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025 The eye test likely was enough to diagnose what this Heat team, at 37-45, is lacking heading into a dreary 9-10 elimination play-in game at Chicago on Wednesday and an offseason that could begin as early as Thursday. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
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Williams was previously head coach for the Phoenix Suns, compiling a 194-115 record in four seasons in Arizona and leading the franchise to the 2020-21 NBA Finals, where the team lost in six games to the Milwaukee Bucks. Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 20 June 2024 Samuel Leonard, the head deputy public defender overseeing juvenile cases in a number of L.A. County courthouses, said the department has yet to disclose the names of six of the officers involved in the Los Padrinos incident. James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for head
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  • Police also collected large bloody rocks that authorities said were used to smash her skull.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The skull shape also shows how an animal moves its mouth, providing yet another clue to eating habits.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
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  • Gavin O’Connor, who directed the first movie, returns to helm, as well as Jon Bernthal as Affleck’s brute-force brother and Cynthia Addai-Robinson as the Deputy U.S. Treasury Director who works with Affleck.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The new financial details arrive as some shareholders have called on Musk -- whose temporary status as a government employee expires next month -- to step down from his White House role and return full-time to the helm of Tesla.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
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  • This is followed by, among other special effects, a duck presentation dressed in that quintessential molecular gastronomy topping — foam — while burstable pixelated bubbles float across the table, and a plated course of hamachi and seaweed served as schools of bright fish swim amid coral below.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
  • By suspending the keyboard plate with Gaskets and packing the space with various sound-absorbing foams and silicone, Epomaker has eliminated the hollow echo of some mechanical designs that can cause friction in a shared office.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • An instinctively empathetic person who was loved by everyone who met her.
    Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Davis police on Monday continued their search for the person or people who shot and wounded three people in the city’s Community Park on Saturday sending UC Davis Picnic Day revelers scrambling from the chaos.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • The biggest challenges facing Fort Worth include the hiring of a new police chief during a mental health crisis that law enforcement is failing to address effectively.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The team averted a crisis on beam, with junior Jordan Bowers delivering a stellar routine after a fall from the prior athlete.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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  • Northern areas of Colorado — including on the Yampa River and near the Colorado River’s headwaters north of Kremmling — have above-normal snowpack.
    Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
  • These projects manage most of the major reservoirs on the western side of the Sierra Nevada range, from the headwaters of the San Joaquin River to Shasta on the Sacramento River in the state’s far north.
    Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • Warner would be near or at the top of that list, the people said.
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Laying out the bill at the top of the debate, Rep. Brad Buckley, a Salado Republican and the bill’s House sponsor, said the legislation empowers parents to choose the educational path that best fits their child’s need.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • Trust in Trump’s economy slips, new poll finds Many Americans voted with their wallets front of mind during the 2024 presidential election.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Concerns about such performance reviews were also top of mind at the conference.
    Jeanne Meister, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Head.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/head. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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