death's-heads

noun

plural of death's-head
as in polls

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  1. polls
  2. skulls
  3. pates
  4. heads
Noun
  • Many of November’s elections are shaping up to be tight races, with some recent polls indicating Democrats could come out on top.
    — Isabel Danzis, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • And that merely seven months before a fateful presidential election which has the far right leading polls.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of polls
Noun
  • At trial, prosecutors laid out evidence to show how the dimensions of the hatchet matched the dimensions of the injuries on Andrew and Abby’s skulls, per CBS News.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Naturally, the privilege of drilling your marketing messages into the skulls of TV’s last great mass audience comes at a price.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of skulls
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  • The kitchen makes its own terrines, pates and pickles, among other pantry staples, which shine in dishes like mussels in tomato-miso escabeche and burrata with pistachio pistou and fermented honey.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • French research suggests that people with numerous, deep forehead wrinkles are more likely to die of heart disease than those with smooth frontal pates.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of pates
Noun
  • The heads of the three leading artificial intelligence labs called for slowing down how fast AI models improve, and chipmakers took the hit.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Other East African countries – Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and Tanzania – sent heads of delegation to represent their heads of state at the ceremony.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of heads
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