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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
I usually just glance at the headlines in the morning paper before dashing off to work
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Recent Examples of headlines
Chiefs game Swift made headlines when she was photographed sitting next to Kelce's mom, Donna, at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.
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Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Lamine Yamal hoovered up the headlines after making his first World Cup start in Spain’s convincing 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on June 21 — and with good reason.
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Mark Carey,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead.
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
Years before making headlines for scaling the Empire State Building, Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau opened up to USA TODAY about the future of their dangerous career.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short, The Drive’s morning news roundup bringing you the biggest automotive headlines from around the world.
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Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
2 July 2026
But consumer expectations weren’t just built on headlines or video clips.
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Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
But some of the most meaningful moments don't make headlines.
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Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
Sadly, these headlines are only from the last seven months and involve charges involving successful, respected members of our communities who were in positions of trust within their institutions.
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Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Lamine Yamal hoovered up the headlines after making his first World Cup start in Spain’s convincing 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on June 21 — and with good reason.
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Mark Carey,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead.
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
Years before making headlines for scaling the Empire State Building, Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau opened up to USA TODAY about the future of their dangerous career.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short, The Drive’s morning news roundup bringing you the biggest automotive headlines from around the world.
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Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
2 July 2026
But consumer expectations weren’t just built on headlines or video clips.
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Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
But some of the most meaningful moments don't make headlines.
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Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
Sadly, these headlines are only from the last seven months and involve charges involving successful, respected members of our communities who were in positions of trust within their institutions.
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Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headlines
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James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh led the Heat to two NBA titles and four Finals appearances in their four years together (2010 through 2014) before James left in free agency to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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In addition to the three World Series titles, the Dodgers have won five NL pennants and nine division titles under Roberts.
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One of the more obvious storytelling choices in Weapon X is the lack of narrative captions.
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Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip.
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Instead of streamlining, companies simply used generic headings to bucket their existing legal boilerplate.
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To work around this, LLM hackers turned to markup language, which, among other things, allows users to add formatting elements such as headings, lists, and links to text without the need for HTML tags.
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“Headlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headlines. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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