braincase

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Recent Examples of braincase Additional skeletal details, like the pattern of jaw articulation and the structure of the braincase, were also contradictory to its classification. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Although only bits of her braincase were recovered, the fragments suggested a brain volume of 388 cubic centimeters. Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 The specimens in question do show features in common with adult T. rex — among them the forehead, snout and braincase, said Thomas Carr, a paleontologist at Carthage College who first made the case that Nanotyrannus represented young T. rex. Asher Elbein, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024 Believed to belong to a male, Skull 5 also has the smallest braincase of the five individuals. Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016 See All Example Sentences for braincase
Recent Examples of Synonyms for braincase
Noun
  • First, the skull weakens and distorts sound waves.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Silva underwent surgery for a skull fracture and was released from the hospital the next day.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But with only a partial cranium, there wasn’t much to go on.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The other two craniums were found in 1990.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • On the home stretch, bag five is the head construction, and the most technical part of the build, similar to Mario’s noggin in the brilliant Super Mario and Standard Kart (72037) set from 2025.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And the flatworm with its new noggin immediately solving the maze its old one worked so diligently to master?
    Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Despite his impassive eyes, balding pate, and slit of a smile, Robert Duvall could be volcanic and melancholic, mysterious and straightforward, vengeful and merciful.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Its menu includes a cheeseboard, chicken salad sliders, mushroom pate, Caesar salad, marinated olives and more.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For a fun sweet-and-salty spin, swap the chow mein noddles for an equal amount of potato sticks.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The menu features noddle dishes and other traditional Chinese food items with a Midwest twist.
    Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Noun
  • At the same time, a CNN poll found Republicans broadly supportive of the strikes, with about three-quarters approving of the military action compared with roughly one-third of independents and fewer than one in five Democrats.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Texas’s wildly divergent polls have found everything from a Talarico surge into first place to a solid Crockett lead.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026

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“Braincase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braincase. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.

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