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Recent Examples of braincaseAdditional 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 Xuchang 2, while not as large, appears to have had a modern size braincase as well.—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2017 See All Example Sentences for braincase
The bear skull was not directly carbon dated, but another bone from the site in the same archaeological context was between 1,675 and 1,785 years old, researchers said.
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Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
The child was taken to the hospital for medical treatment and is currently in the pediatric intensive care unit with bilateral skull fractures and subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhages, according to the arrest citation.
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.
After much chattering about the status of the Oscar winner’s seemingly clean-cut visage in the lead-up to the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival, once the camera (actually, four cameras) train themselves on Stone’s noggin during the film’s first act, there’s no doubt.
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Kenny just sits there with not a single light on inside that noggin of his.
In a recent poll by Tulchin Research, Mamdani would lose the mayoral race in a head-to-head fight with Cuomo, 52 percent to 41 percent.
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Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Trump's public approval rating on immigration fell to 43% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in August from a high of 50% in March as Americans took an increasingly dim view of his heavy-handed tactics against migrants.
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