as in heads
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth
the fitted cap is too small for my large dome
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Recent Examples of domes
Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
The design leans futuristic, even, as the light bulbs peek from under Space Age domes.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
The objective is to study the composition and origin of the domes and surroundings.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
The glamping domes also provide a unique option for overnight lodging.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
This form of carbon is named after Buckminster Fuller, a space futurist and architect known for his work on hemispherical structures called geodesic domes.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
There are 82 domes of seven different sizes and 4 minarets throughout, and has a large car park and a shopping mall underneath it.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Remove domes for an hour every day to provide adequate airflow.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 20 Apr. 2026
Inflatable tents really took off in the 2010s, wowing gear fanatics with unique twists like geodesic domes, amphibious camping capabilities, modular camp compounds, and even death-defying high-altitude sleeping platforms.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
Flowerheads feature compact domes of tiny greenish-white flowers that form a pincushion-like center.
—Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
The design leans futuristic, even, as the light bulbs peek from under Space Age domes.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
The objective is to study the composition and origin of the domes and surroundings.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
The glamping domes also provide a unique option for overnight lodging.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
This form of carbon is named after Buckminster Fuller, a space futurist and architect known for his work on hemispherical structures called geodesic domes.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
There are 82 domes of seven different sizes and 4 minarets throughout, and has a large car park and a shopping mall underneath it.
—Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Remove domes for an hour every day to provide adequate airflow.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 20 Apr. 2026
Inflatable tents really took off in the 2010s, wowing gear fanatics with unique twists like geodesic domes, amphibious camping capabilities, modular camp compounds, and even death-defying high-altitude sleeping platforms.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domes
Noun
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Jokanovic had collected 14 kills by the time the third set had ended, and one of them grazed the top of two Ball State defenders’ heads before hitting the court for the set-winner in the third frame.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Several talking heads mention Magyar’s temper.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Verb
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In 2026, Netflix projects cash content spending of $20 billion, up 10% year over year.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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The Texas Demographic Center projects the percentage of people in Texas under the age of 18 will decline to 18% compared to 25% in 2020.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, where in many cases oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a brain aneurysm is a weakened area in an artery that bulges outward and fills with blood.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Roughly the size of New Hampshire, Sardinia juts out of the Mediterranean Sea about 200 kilometers west of Italy’s mainland.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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One of my best public-land spots is a hardwood peninsula that juts out into a big cattail marsh.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The focus, humility and intensity of Harbaugh’s first draft class stands out in a great way.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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That might mean a heavy-duty old-school wooden door with a stained finish or a high-gloss paint color that stands out from the street.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2026
Verb
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Cut with a curved outer seam that balloons slightly through the thigh before tapering at the ankle, the shape is all about creating volume.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
29 Dec. 2025
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The mid-rise jeans have an exaggerated barrel silhouette that balloons out at the knee and tapers into a wide-leg fit at the ankle.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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The officers can then been seen scrambling to recover through debris as smoke billows out of the house, checking on each other to see if anyone had been hurt.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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In the portrait, taken in the last few weeks, black smoke billows behind her as her fuchsia headscarf billows in the wind behind her.—
Charlene Gubash,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Domes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domes. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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