a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
when the disagreement between the two departments came to a head, the CEO called both managers in for a closed-door meeting
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
challenged us to put our heads together and find a solution to the skyrocketing costs of the company's health insurance plans
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
as head of the planning committee, he had the responsibility of appointing someone to look into the parking situation
a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize
rechecked to make sure that all the heads were in boldface
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction
the road to riches headed north, thought many, as off they went to Alaska to try their luck at panning gold
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Recent Examples of head
Noun
The head-turning, glossy exterior is crafted from durable polycarbonate with a metallic finish.—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025 Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Anderson seemingly did not want to head back to the dressing room without getting it right, as Nottingham Forest prepared to face Sunderland last weekend.—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The Day-Lewises shot the film primarily on location in Wales and in Manchester, England last year, and it’s now headed into awards season touting Day-Lewis’ triumphant return to the screen.—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Pelan in the hospital wearing a head scarf and holding her son.—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025 Brown, 55, was most recently head coach of the Sacramento Kings.—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for head
With the legendary coach at its helm, BU served as a springboard for Sullivan, Quinn and Sacco to each have decades-long hockey careers as players and coaches.
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Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Taking the creative helm of Chanel as only the fourth artistic director to ever lead the house, Blazy has been entrusted with one of the biggest and most sought-after — although perhaps not the most challenging — jobs in fashion.
The Luxe Café automatically grinds beans to the appropriate size and volume for your drink, and has a hands-free frothing system for creating hot and cold foam.
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Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
The road behind the chain store will be blocked off to include a vinyl pop-up record store, photo booth, friendship bracelets, glitter sprinkles on Starbucks cold foam drinks and more.
The technology is claimed to be scalable technology has universal applications across the mobility, infrastructure, commercial, and consumer sectors, which Genuine H2 believes will provide a ‘right now’ solution to the climate and energy crisis.
The Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway is a looped route, one that meanders through the Chattahoochee National Forest and encircles the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River.
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Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
The mine would restrict access to its tribal members, on top of creating heightened risks of mine runoff entering into the headwaters and decreasing dwindling fish populations, according to the lawsuit.
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Kevin Fixler
September 20,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Sep. 2025
Alternatively, if an opponent aggressively presses both No 10s — as Laurent did with Rogers and Bologna attempted a fortnight earlier — Villa will create a two-vs-two up top.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
The scam calls are so prevalent, especially toward senior citizens, that Milwaukee's sheriff's office has kept a warning for them at the top of its public service announcement web page and developed a video in November 2024 on what people should expect.
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