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Recent Examples of cranium
The other two craniums were found in 1990.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
At one point, a character is forced to stand in front of an automatic football launcher and take a series of pigskins to the cranium, each of which is shot at him with increasing speed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Of course, something similar typified our evolution, too, which can all too easily be cast as the blossoming forth of ever-plumper craniums.
—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
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
At one point, a character is forced to stand in front of an automatic football launcher and take a series of pigskins to the cranium, each of which is shot at him with increasing speed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Of course, something similar typified our evolution, too, which can all too easily be cast as the blossoming forth of ever-plumper craniums.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranium
skull
Noun
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While building the institution, architects discovered that buried under it was one of the largest and best preserved tzompantli, or wooden rack, displaying over 650 human skulls thought to have been sacrificed in the 15th century, during Aztec rule.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
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The boy suffered several injuries, including a concussion, skull fracture, broken wrist and fractured femur, prosecutors said.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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“Cranium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranium. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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