figureheads

plural of figurehead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figureheads
Noun
  • Even seeing the animatronic puppets waiting to strike in the shadows was scary.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Children from the community will be a part of the production, which features song-and-dance numbers as well as live-action puppets.
    Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The plans and the construction underway have come as welcome news to community leaders who have long been trying to preserve the history of Pan Am.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Government leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, have set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2027, and 100 percent by 2035.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Young is one of the Panthers’ three permanent captains this season and the only one on offense.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Vera-Tucker was voted as one of the Jets’ six team captains at the end of August for the first time in his career.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Seating capacity figures are from team and stadium websites, as well as media reports.
    Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The reason the figures are so low for 1992-93 and 1993-94 is that, as mentioned, the first two rounds in those seasons count as qualifying.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • British and French army chiefs were to brief the leaders on Thursday, according to an outline sent to attendees.
    John Irish, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Other examples include the Guatemalan and Nicaraguan police chiefs charged with links to organized crime.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Leaving the three representatives, Quent, and even Demerzel absolutely shaken to their core, Dusk visits the hall of holographic busts of Cleons’ past.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Mercier has been obsessing over sculptures and busts for the last 15 years.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet the dolls and their fakes continue to be sold in large quantities both domestically and overseas.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Hundreds of others had everything from tacos, micheladas and fresh fruit for sale to the trendy Labubu dolls.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Back then, though, Ansari was still learning from a crew of other comedy masters — Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Adam Scott, to name a few — when he was cast in 2008 on Parks and Recreation, the follow-up sitcom from the showrunners of NBC’s The Office.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The school offers two-year masters degrees for prospective clergy in several Christian denominations, including Reformed and Presbyterian churches.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Figureheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figureheads. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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