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as in skull
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth I hit my head as I went through the low doorway

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as in foam
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid the head on the ice cream soda rose a good two inches above the rim of the glass

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as in headwater
the beginning part of a stream Lake Itasca in Minnesota is the head of the Mississippi River

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as in user
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally a shop near campus where all the heads used to get their paraphernalia

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as in heading
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

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to be at the front of heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed

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as in to go
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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as in to aim
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal after a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home

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as in to decapitate
to cut off the head of got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle

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adjective

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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
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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
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for head
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  • 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
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  • 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.
    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.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • 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.
    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.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • This level of caring and personal openness—owning mistakes is part of being present as a whole person—filters into the business culture.
    Adam Gale, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • For me, that person was Ursula Burns.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • 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.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But as baby boxes spread, other people are questioning whether this is the best way to support women in crisis.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • 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.
    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.
    Kevin Fixler September 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2025
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  • 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.
    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.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Whether the Jedi mind trick played a role Sunday is hard to quantify, but the message was obvious.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But housing was also on the minds of the organizers.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Head.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/head. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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