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Recent Examples of craniumOf 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 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 See All Example Sentences for cranium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranium
skull
Noun
Aldo Olivieri, il Gatto Magico (the Magic Cat), who had survived a fractured skull that required drilling to save his life and left him with chronic headaches, became the first-choice goalkeeper.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
The sale includes ghost, candy corn, spiderweb, skull, and bat icon glasses, and each set includes four glasses.
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Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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