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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
And a hominin cranium was found in 2002 in a travertine quarry in southwestern Turkey.
—Ashley Belanger – May 22, ArsTechnica, 22 May 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
And a hominin cranium was found in 2002 in a travertine quarry in southwestern Turkey.
—Ashley Belanger – May 22, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranium
skull
Noun
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The force of the blow dislocated Sanchez’s jaw, permanently damaging both her temporomandibular joints, which connect the jawbone to the skull.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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The ranch's classic logo is an O'Keeffe drawing of a cow skull.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Cranium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranium. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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