death's-head

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for death's-head
Noun
  • Manning’s Texas fell out of the AP Top 25 poll this week and is way, way down Chris Vannini’s latest Athletic 136 rankings, too.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection campaign over a week ago, nearly three weeks after a New York Times/Siena University poll found Adams had just 9% of likely voters’ support.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The pins went through the scalp and were docked on the surface of her skull with numbing cream.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The protesters are using a cartoon skull wearing a straw hat as their symbol.
    Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The pate is made with fish meat harvested to reduce leftover waste from caviar farming, according to the company’s website.
    Camila Pedrosa July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
  • Nashville haunt, with its sliced pork, pate and bologna.
    Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, Black-eyed Susans ()—including Goldsturm—develop rich seed heads that support birds such as juncos, sparrows and towhees.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Mthethwa also faced an ongoing probe that heard allegations by a provincial police commissioner who accused him of attempting to obstruct the prosecution of a former head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence Services who was being investigated for corruption.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Zavacephale’s cranium had a few noteworthy quirks, however.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The nation’s women won the Euros on home soil in 2022 and retained their crown this summer.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Afterwards, a squaring solution—a powdery mixture of water and a gel-like batter used in the decorative cake business—is applied to the inside of the hat’s crown to act as a stiffening agent.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While surveying a hillside, Mongolian paleontologist Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig of North Carolina State University and a co-author of the new paper, discovered the top of a dinosaur’s noggin sticking out of a cliff.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Do not conflate ANNs with the wetware or true neural network that exists in your noggin.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The pins went through the scalp and were docked on the surface of her skull with numbing cream.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • With consistent use, this hair and scalp serum helps reduce hair breakage, improve density, and support stronger growth, making hair feel more resilient.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Death's-head.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%27s-head. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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