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Recent Examples of cranium
Of course, something similar typified our evolution, too, which can all too easily be cast as the blossoming forth of ever-plumper craniums.
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Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the villager spotted something unexpected—the nearly complete cranium of an unknown, ancient hominin protruding from a small chamber’s interior wall.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
Then, the snakes swallow the prey whole, sometimes downing shockingly large animals thanks to the stretchy connective tissue between their cranium and lower jaw.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
The man kept the Harbin cranium well hidden as he was instructed to hide it from the Japanese army.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
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Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the villager spotted something unexpected—the nearly complete cranium of an unknown, ancient hominin protruding from a small chamber’s interior wall.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
Then, the snakes swallow the prey whole, sometimes downing shockingly large animals thanks to the stretchy connective tissue between their cranium and lower jaw.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
The man kept the Harbin cranium well hidden as he was instructed to hide it from the Japanese army.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranium
skull
Noun
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After 57 days in the hospital that included rehabilitation and the left half of her skull being removed to treat the swelling in her brain, Sophia Forchas was escorted through the streets of the city, a video posted by Mayor Jacob Frey on social media Thursday showed.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Although the brain itself has no pain receptors, Bacon was given local anesthetic to numb her scalp and skull, as doctors made holes half the size of a small coin in her skull and implanted the stimulating electrodes inside.—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Cranium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranium. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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